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:
Good stuff thanks.
So for anyone following along you want to set your meter to ohms. (horseshoe lookin thing) Then touch the probes between 2 spots.
1. The extension cord ground pin and the trailer frame.
2. The extension cord ground pin and the ground slot of an outlet. If you have an exterior outlet drag the extension cord over to that location. Also remember to find bare metal or touch the head of a bolt that goes into the frame like it appears Mike is doing.
Especially important, in "Ohms" mode on the meter, the circuit must not have any live voltage.
Ohms setting uses the meters own internal battery to check for resistance, if there is any external voltage present in the circuit you will risk damage to the meter (and possibly yourself).
So, make sure the trailer is unplugged from any power source like shore, generator or inverter when testing ground/neutral/hot with a meter set to Ohms.
