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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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UConnrick
Explorer
Jun 25, 2013
Had the same issue a couple of years ago. I'm not on the same level of understanding as some on here but the cause for me was the 120v heating unit on my water heater. Evidently, this causes this problem on a regular basis. If you have a gas/electric water heater, it's worth checking out ad easily fixed.

Good luck.

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