Pedestals open grounds.
I know open grounds are a serious and sometimes deadly safety hazard. Haven't thought a whole lot about it until we stayed at a Thousand Trails last year and our EMS shut us down on an open ground. ...
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I use the meanest most aggressive jaw clamp I can find to clip onto the frame. I SOLDER ten gauge THNN stranded wire to that clamp. The second clamp is a battery charger clamp. I use an 18" stake with a thick bushing WELDED to the top for easy removal. Then I spill a glass full of water around the stake.
I have tested this setup in California Clay, Arizona Sand, Soft Beach powder, gravelly rock soil. A REALLY RUDE test. Direct 30-amp short-circuit from L1 or L2 to the crocodile jaw (using gloves and goggles). Bright blue spark and tripping the breaker. Again and again. I long ago satisfied myself that there aren't any powdered talc or glass parking areas that this system would not work on. Try this test yourself. Direct from phase to embedded stake.
Intermittent connections, badly oxidized ground socket in the receptacle. I quickly tired of screwing around chancing my life to scumbag grade and scumbag maintained power receptacles. When my life is at stake "Well they should have / Well it should be" just doesn't cut it. Period.
I have tested this setup in California Clay, Arizona Sand, Soft Beach powder, gravelly rock soil. A REALLY RUDE test. Direct 30-amp short-circuit from L1 or L2 to the crocodile jaw (using gloves and goggles). Bright blue spark and tripping the breaker. Again and again. I long ago satisfied myself that there aren't any powdered talc or glass parking areas that this system would not work on. Try this test yourself. Direct from phase to embedded stake.
Intermittent connections, badly oxidized ground socket in the receptacle. I quickly tired of screwing around chancing my life to scumbag grade and scumbag maintained power receptacles. When my life is at stake "Well they should have / Well it should be" just doesn't cut it. Period.
