Grounding fixed in place 5th wheel
Hey there everyone! New to the forums and I need a bit of electrical help. I've got 2 RVs, well a 5th wheel and an RV, one I live in and its fixed in place pretty much, it's a 35 foot old as dirt 5th ...
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Hackerlyone wrote:
This is the Central Valley California guys. We're dry as a bone around here and have 120F Summers with daily temps over 100f basically every summer day. The ground is dry and there is no spots that get moisture lol. I'm thinking not putting the one pole I have into the ground a foot or 3 from the pole for now, grounding the frame and box to it like you said, then I'll add another ground rod when I can afford it. Is this acceptable you think? And cpukd the shocking me be from a switched hot/nue? Or could I have put a screw into a line? I've put more holes in the side of this thing... Anyways thanks for the help guys and see the post I'm gonna make, I wanba borrow those brains! We're upgrading security!
One problem you may be having is that standard ground rods sometimes do not work well in very dry areas. In the Mojave where I live, we have to use chemical grounds to be effective. Here's a typical installation.
Chemical ground
