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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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Clay_L
Explorer
Jun 16, 2013
Regarding your question about it being dangerous - it sure can be. As little as 0.005 amps of 60 Hz current going through your body in the right (wrong) path (through the heart) can disrupt your heart rhythm and cause death.

Tests on animals many years ago showed that 60 Hz was the worst frequency that could have been chosen for our power frequency.
Fibrillation occurrence just about peaked at that frequency.

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