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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 25, 2013
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Eddy currents.

What is your objective?


My objective is to be as smart as Mex! :)

The OP had 18 VAC at the campground and 2.2 VAC when he got home. My thought was 2.2 VAC seems high so I started to look at my RV at 0.4 VAC and found this "Earth Current". I talked to Eddy (ARRL Handbook) and he says yeh it is probably his current. Thanks Mex for helping us all be smarter.

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