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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I didnt read eery post here,,, but
I had wired in an extra outlet in rv and the black n white wires got reversed. ONLY when something was plugged into that outlet was there a problem. I found out when laying on the concrete and would feel tingling when I touched the camper frame. Electricity was finding ground through the large contact patch of my body laying on the concrete.
It took a while to figure all this out.
Im wiser now.
I always test outlets Im plugging into.
I have never heard of an extension cored causing these issues. Makes no sense to me if the cord is good.
*edit. If the appliance you plug in has reversed black and white then that could posibly be an issue depending how it is wired, so unplug everything and start testing one appliance at a time
I had wired in an extra outlet in rv and the black n white wires got reversed. ONLY when something was plugged into that outlet was there a problem. I found out when laying on the concrete and would feel tingling when I touched the camper frame. Electricity was finding ground through the large contact patch of my body laying on the concrete.
It took a while to figure all this out.
Im wiser now.
I always test outlets Im plugging into.
I have never heard of an extension cored causing these issues. Makes no sense to me if the cord is good.
*edit. If the appliance you plug in has reversed black and white then that could posibly be an issue depending how it is wired, so unplug everything and start testing one appliance at a time
