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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wopachop wrote:
Im not the OP but hoping to learn along with him.
Just read post #1 and yes he says she was barefooted and grabbed the handrail.
Isnt the handrail usually plastic?
What exactly was the path of electricity? If the metal steps are energized, it must have been 1 foot on the metal steps and 1 foot on the physical ground? I dont see how the handrail could come into play. If it was metal, and screwed into the frame, it would also be energized the same as the steps.
Bare with me, in all the "excitement" of her getting shocked she may well have had one bare foot still on the ground when she touched the door. When this stuff happens memories can get clouded.
I'd like him to check for zero ohms between the steps and door because there is a very slim chance with the top half of the trailer being built on top of a wooden floor over the metal frame using wooden studs for the walls the 2 halves of the trailer may not be "electrically" the same potential. Really doubt it but I never assume always verify. Just for grins I checked my own trailer and the steps and door read Zero ohms between them and I have a wooden framed trailer.
