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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thomaskemper wrote:
I don't know if you've read the previous posts, but I have been working with people on this for two days. Here's what's up:
I am running shore-power to the cable that comes out of the side of the camper and runs straight into the breaker box. Inside the panel (which is original, and the wiring, although likely not original, may or may not be new), I can see where the black ground wire goes to a screw with a square housing. It's connected well, as are all the other wires. I will post a picture in a minute. Will take a few minutes to go through the process, of course. I have checked the ground wire under the truck. Two wires connected well to the frame. The breakers are a 15A service that runs all the outlets, and a 20A AC service.
I think it is significant, although nobody has answered this issue, that I get progressively more leakage as appliances are added, of course, when I am hooked to shore-power, but when I run the generator, as I add the appliances nothing changes. But it still leaking 20V consistently.
Photo file to come...
In 120V AC systems, black is usually, if not always, hot and not ground. White is neutral and ground is green or bare copper. You may want to be sure your main power cord is actually connected correctly and not reversed polarity. If you have to, take the silver replacement plug end apart to see which wire color goes to which pin. Then check where the RV end of the power cord wires are connected. The pins on a 120V plug are: small blade is hot, large blade is neutral, round pin is ground.
