question? can you get shocked from 12volt?

Amps are what kill not volts.

AC, we can retain these values??:

1 A: Stopping the heart
40 mA to 75 mA: irreversible cardiac fibrillation threshold
30 mA: Threshold of respiratory paralysis
10 mA: Threshold not release, muscle contraction
0.5 mA: Threshold of perception, feeling very low

DC, we can retain these values??:

130 mA: Threshold of cardiac fibrillation
??? : Threshold not let go
2 mA: Threshold of perception

Friend of mine has a 'permanent' ring on his left hand ring finger.

Touched both battery terminals with wrench which was touching his wedding ring.
Ring had to be cut off.....now he doesn't need to wear one (can't anyway do to scaring)

YES 12V DC can be felt, hurts and can cause damage

johnwalkerpa1 wrote:
I accidently touched a screwdriver to both terminals of a car battery once...Didn't shock me (handle was plastic) but got my attention...sparks flew, knocked the screwdriver out of my hand and took a chunk out of the screwdriver...

x2. Wasn't me, but I saw it happen.

Me,I once got an electrical burn from tiny (20ga?) 12v wires. I thought they were just poking me, and ignored them until I heard my skin sizzling.

thanks guys , after talking to them,and calling the people camped close to them, there was a third camper down from him melted the extension cable from the CG peddistle to the camper ,guy said it was fried ,

Dangerous ? YES

I worked at a place in 1973 and the chief engineer told a story about a bunch of drunk (or whatever) engineering nerds in collage that made a bet that it cant kill you.... They lost.

All I remember of the set-up was buckets of salt water for the feet, but the end result is that they killed the guy.

I'd guess it's 120V related. Plug the trailer into a GFCI to help determine if you have a ground fault. Ground faults are often water related - sinks, outside plugs, HW, refer, etc.

If the rig is plugged into 120V at home or camp site or the generator is running and then you feel a shock, that changes my previous comment for I assumed NO 120V present on the rig or trailer. An on-board 120V inverter turned on could also be influential.

I agree that there are a few engine components that can knock you off your feet like touching a spark plug with engine cranking. Many thousand volts generated there, but that would never be felt at the trailer. And because it is a pulsation (not a constant), you'll have the opportunity to let go before you get hurt......assumed you don't have a life-line medical devise you depend on.

If the kids got shocked, it was probably a in-correctly wired 120 volt plug that the RV is plugged into. This happened to me, when I was working on another RV at a friend's house. He had it wired into a extension cord that went into his garage, and that 3 - 2 converter was wired backwards. So basically there was no ground wire, and the hot and neutral where reversed. I know that is to technical, but that is what happened.

So unplug the RV and have a electrician come out and check it out. They can plug it back in, then check from the step to the grass. If their electric meter shows 120 volts, like I think it will, it will explain why your dog does not like stepping on the trailer's step and grass at the same time (they are getting shocked too) but would rather jump so they do not get shocked.

Plugging the RV into a proper 120 volt GFI receptacle will solve the problem. Next time they get shocked, it will just trip the GFI - indicating to you that there is a problem, and you can get it fixed.

Many have had a electrician install a 30 amp 120 volt receptacle in their yards. Make sure that it is wired to 120 volt 1 pole circuit breaker. Many on Rv.Net have reported that they applied 240 volts to the newly installed receptacle, and 'now what' - replace the microwave, TV, and several other things.

Good luck,

Fred.

I accidently touched a screwdriver to both terminals of a car battery once...Didn't shock me (handle was plastic) but got my attention...sparks flew, knocked the screwdriver out of my hand and took a chunk out of the screwdriver...

Terryallan wrote:
Can 12 volt power shock? Start the engine. Reach under the hood, and grab the coil wire. Come back and tell me what you felt. IF you can still type.

Well yes I did, on a 1970 460 CI Lincoln. Couldn't move my arm for a whole day after.

That's not 12 volts, the coil puts out 30,000 +,- volts.