BE CAREFUL with your 120V side of things
I have a 1998 Palomino Bronco Truck Camper. I decided to exchange the Centurion 3000 power converter for a Progressive Dynamics 4700 series unit. The installation went great and all the 12V and 12...
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RJsfishin wrote:
Most of us that think we been shocked by 120 volts are dreaming. A full 120 volts thru any part of your body, can and will kill you deader than hell !
Or you could get off lucky w/ just your finger blowed off.
Getting shocked is one thing, but completeing the circuit between the black and the white/bare is a story you may not live to tell about.
When I was a dumb kid, maybe 10-12, I plugged in an old cord w/ the bare ends sticking out, and wondered how hot it was. I flashed a screw driver across those bare ends,...and it was like that screwdriver exploded, blowing fire into my face !!!! So I learned early on that a shock is nothing compared to getting between the black and the white.
Many of us have been shocked by 120 or even 240 - and yes, we get the full voltage.
It's not voltage that hurts or kills us (I have contacted 20,000 or more volts) it's the current.
The current is what made you screwdriver explode.
