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joebedford
Nomad II
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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Hurricaner
Explorer
Jun 17, 2013
billyboy wrote:
I've found that the polarity tester staying plugged in to an outlet was the cause of my getting shocked. took a while to figure it out.
You did not find the problem. The polarity tester might be the leak to ground but if the RV and house is properly grounded you will not get a shock. You still have a bad ground either at the house, RV or somewhere in between with the cords.

Sam

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