oneofakind
Jun 03, 2017Explorer
shocking!
I have a 21 foot avion travel trailer that was converted into a motor home by 'mounting' and marrying it with a 1970 Ford E300. We are having an issue - it is shocking you when you touch it if it rai...
Harvard wrote:Hurricaner wrote:
The RV is not grounded. This is what causes hot skin 99.9 percent of the time. There may be other problems that aggravate the condition but if the RV is properly grounded you will not have hot skin.
The RV frame and skin must be connected to the service ground. Generators are a whole different ball game but when it comes to hook ups you better have a good ground.
Sam
and, because the RV chassis is not grounded, the chassis will float (due to stray capacitance) about half way between H and N IF there are no other problems excepting the open ground.