Trailer shocked me...HARD!
Our trailer is new. We've camped in it about 10 nights so far. No issues, until yesterday. It was raining very, very heavily. I stepped out to put things away. One hand on the support handle an...
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tragusa3 wrote:
I just got back from picking up a receptacle tester. Plugged into the house and all outlets in the trailer were wired correctly.
Thanks for the tip on using the pigtail to check pedestals prior to plugging in the trailer. I'll make that a habit.
So...have I isolated the condition to the pedestal at that campground? I've already emailed them to have it checked.
Take your shoes off and see if you get a shock...LOL
Seriously, I would bet that there was a problem with the pedestal at the last CG. If everything checks out OK now, that rulkes out any issues with the trailer wiring.
We camped at a state park in Ohio last fall and the 30A outlet was toast...burn marks by the contact slots and so loose the plug would barely stay in. Fortunately it was October and way past a/c season, so I used my pigtail to grab the 20A outlet so we had power to keep the batteries charged from furnace use. If I had needed to use the a/c I would have demanded that the park change the outlet.
I really should have a Progressive unit for surge and low voltage protection but just haven't found the spare cash for one yet...
