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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enblethen wrote:
I would not jump out and do anything until the shore power cord is identified whether it is two or three wire! If it is two wire you are asking for problems!
Granted, if the shore cord is two wire then all bets are off..
However, I did have a 1981 TT which was factory wired with a small 4 half breaker breaker panel fed via 3 wire 30A shore cord. That panel most definitely had all neutrals and grounds connected via a single ground/neutral buss bar..
That TT electrical system was all original but the panel only offered 3 circuits (Main 30A breaker and 3 15A breakers) and the converter was a separate linear deck mount. 3 circuits didn't cut it for modern day use..
I did change out that small panel for a larger panel and at that time I updated to having the neutral and ground separate.
So, in reality it is possible to find RVs with 30A shore cord but yet neutral and ground connected together.
