Today while working on my RV I noticed when I knelled down on the damp ground and touching a metal portion of the RV I would receive a mild shock.I have the RV plugged into a 15 amp home outlet using an extension cord and standard 30 to 15 amp adapter. The plug on the extension cord is missing the ground prong. I realize using that cord was my first mistake.What I am trying to determine is if that alone is my problem. Even if the ground was missing as it was should current be running through the RV the way it is or does that indicate a different problem? Thoughts?Tim

I too have that problem. It is my house circuit. How do I know. It does NOT do it at a CG. It has done it with BOTH of my TTs. So IF it does not shock you at a CG when you grab the door barefooted. It's your house.

Check for missing GROUND connection at the outlet or extension cord.On 15 amp outlet or extension, hot is short straight, neutral is long straight and ground is round.So, verify at each juncture that between hot and ground is 120 VAC.

We just finished a big thread about this issue here http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27212532.cfm. 4 pages of reading pleasure. If you're using an adapter, that is statistically the most likely cause of the problem.

And that's why I installed a 20A GFI outlet in the garage for the TT.

Missing ground at RV or hot and neutral are reversed at the house.

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mark5w
Explorer
Sep 13, 2013
I got shocked at the Hershey RV show today by a lot of the RV's. (Actually it was sticker shock).
tenbear
Explorer
Sep 13, 2013
Using an ungrounded extension cord will cause this, however there may be another problem, but probably not. Replace the extension cord with a good 3 wire cord, then use a circuit tester on an outlet in the RV.
ScottG
Nomad
Sep 13, 2013
Missing ground at RV or hot and neutral are reversed at the house.
mbopp
Explorer
Sep 12, 2013
And that's why I installed a 20A GFI outlet in the garage for the TT.
Wayne_Dohnal
Explorer
Sep 12, 2013
We just finished a big thread about this issue here http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27212532.cfm. 4 pages of reading pleasure. If you're using an adapter, that is statistically the most likely cause of the problem.
wolfe10
Explorer
Sep 12, 2013
Check for missing GROUND connection at the outlet or extension cord.

On 15 amp outlet or extension, hot is short straight, neutral is long straight and ground is round.

So, verify at each juncture that between hot and ground is 120 VAC.
Terryallan
Explorer II
Sep 12, 2013
I too have that problem. It is my house circuit. How do I know. It does NOT do it at a CG. It has done it with BOTH of my TTs.
So IF it does not shock you at a CG when you grab the door barefooted. It's your house.

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