Metal camper step shocked my dog!
I realize that I have an electrical issue, as sometimes I get a little shock when I step into the cabin wearing no shoes. My dog got shocked on the wet step last night, and it really traumatized her. ...
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RoyB wrote:
It would be neat to know how you are plugged into shore power. I think you are getting your power from a garage or house is this correct???
How are you hooked up using your your 30A Shore power plug.
You have to use a RV30A-15A Long Adapter (WALMART) to adapt your 30A MAle Plug to get down to the 15A/20A 120VAC house Receptacle...
Looks like this
I never had any luck using one of these small adapters like this. They always got hot on me...
Your problem could simply be the 120VAC receptacle you are plugged into has no ground connect to it.
If this is what you are doing you should use the LONG dog bone type adapter and if you have to run an extension cord to get to your truck trailer then it should be 12-GAUGE or even better 10-Gauge size wiring. The red-orange type extension cords from WALMART won't hack it...
Like said above all three wires must be used all the way from the house receptacle to the trailer.
Give us some more info on how you are hooked up...
I do this all the time at my house with NO problems on getting shocked...
There is a neat tester you can pick up from WALMART or LOWES... Looks like this...
Plug this into the house 120VAC receptacle first and it will tell you the receptacle is OK or not... Then plug your HD extension cord in it.
Then test again at the end of the extension cord to see if the extension cord is ok. Then you can plug your RV30A-15A long dog bone adapter into this extension cord. Then you can plug your 30A Trailer shore power plug into the ADAPTER.
It hard to figure things out and not be there if you know what I mean...
Roy Ken
Hey, thanks for all the info, Roy. Here's me: I'm plugged into the house via two connected extension cords. The second extension goes into the side box which holds a converter (which I never use, and don't know how or why; lots of questions. Haven't owned this long.), and it is plugged in to the cord which leads to the breaker box. Seems simple enough. What should I do? Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but I don't fully understand your advice above. A lot of variables.
So, here is a picture of what I have. I'm going to test the voltage on the skin with the generator running to rule out the cord to the house. Or not. I hope you will continue to give me advice. And rest assured, I'm being very careful.
