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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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joebedford
Nomad II
Jun 21, 2013
OP here: I checked my cables and adapters and they read essentially 0 ohms (one read .1 ohm). Unfortunately I was not able to check the receptacle before I left that location.

Now I'm at home and the rig is plugged into a GFCI receptacle that I know is wired correctly.

I repeated the original scenario and the reading is 2.2VAC from frame to damp earth. No buzz between knee and forearm this time.

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