RV Hot Skin (Exterior electrification)
This past weekend my wife was electrocuted when she stepped onto the trailer steps and grabbed the handrail while in bare feet. She was subsequently thrown from the rig and landed in the grass. She ...
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All of your cords are the standard 3 prong - correct?
You have 2 problems - no 3 problems and they are not related to using household extension cords which many use at home.
1. An open ground. BUY AND USE the common 3 light house hold tester. Buy one that has the GFCI test button. Check the garage plug and if it fails find out what is wrong with the house wiring. Next check the female end of every extension cord going to the RV. For safety reasons I can't recommend you go in the RV for further testing and the reason is obvious from your post.
2. You have a ground fault which is leakage to your open ground.
3. Have an electrician install a GFCI on your garage plug if not the entire circuit. Now repeat 1 above and if the extension cords are again OK (and use the button to check the GFCI) then plug in the RV which will trip the GFCI.
Now read the many hundreds of posts on how to find the ground fault in your RV.
As a friendly suggestion I suggest that you get professional help as your family is extremely lucky your wife wasn't hurt more. Further have the house checked and brought up to current code and have a GFCI on every required circuit like those in the kitchen and bathroom.
You have 2 problems - no 3 problems and they are not related to using household extension cords which many use at home.
1. An open ground. BUY AND USE the common 3 light house hold tester. Buy one that has the GFCI test button. Check the garage plug and if it fails find out what is wrong with the house wiring. Next check the female end of every extension cord going to the RV. For safety reasons I can't recommend you go in the RV for further testing and the reason is obvious from your post.
2. You have a ground fault which is leakage to your open ground.
3. Have an electrician install a GFCI on your garage plug if not the entire circuit. Now repeat 1 above and if the extension cords are again OK (and use the button to check the GFCI) then plug in the RV which will trip the GFCI.
Now read the many hundreds of posts on how to find the ground fault in your RV.
As a friendly suggestion I suggest that you get professional help as your family is extremely lucky your wife wasn't hurt more. Further have the house checked and brought up to current code and have a GFCI on every required circuit like those in the kitchen and bathroom.
