Electrical problem at Tank Probes
I was working under my 5th wheel today and my sewage tank was exposed. There is one probe by itself with a white wire and on the other side there are three probes with different coloured wires. When m...
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j-d wrote:wa8yxm wrote:
That 60 volts (RMS) comes from a voltage divider made up of two capacitors.. The capacitor is two metal pieces with insulation between them
The neutral wire and the safety ground in a piece of ROMEX = Capacitor
The HOT wire and the safety ground = The other capacitor.
Since all 3 wires are the same length that makes a 1/2 voltage divider.
Current limit is kind of tiny though.
So does this mean many or most rigs WILL tingle, even if wiring is OK on an Outlet Tester?
NOT at all... If all is proper the chassis is tied to shore ground.
This can only happen if the shore ground is OPEN. And that is a "Fault" condition.
