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joebedford
Nomad III
Jun 16, 2013

Shocking! AC power tingle between frame and (real) ground

I was doing something at the back of my RV today and I put one knee down into fairly damp earth (heavy rains here the other day). I steadied myself by leaning my right forearm on the bare aluminum hin...
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Harvard
Explorer
Jun 16, 2013
For sure you have an open ground conductor. In other words, there is no continuity in the ground wire from the RV chassis to the power distribution Earth Grounding Rod. Be very suspicious of the "adaptors".

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