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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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Harvard
Explorer
Jun 22, 2013
FWIW dept, the source impedance of the 0.4 VAC is about 165 Ohms based on the shunt resistance on the 2 Ma range was 100 Ohms and measured 1.5 AC milliAmp current. So, the 100 ohm load resistance brought the 0.4 voltage down to 0.15 VAC. So its never going to start any fires is it? :)

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