110V electric short

john&bet wrote:

peirek wrote:

BroncoAl wrote:
I have an electrical problem. I have a short in my trailer in the 110V system. The other day my son went out to the trailer which I keep plugged in the house to look for something. He was in his bare feet and when he touched the handle to a storage compartment he got a slight shock. I turned off both receptacles for the wall outlets and have figured out that is where the short is. I unplugged the trailer for now. How do I go about measuring the current on the outside of the trailer so I don't have to use my kid as a guinea pig? Where should I look first to resolve the problem?

Can't have a short, it would pop a breaker or melt a wire...... You likely have a grounding/neutral issue. As was said earlier, check your cords and circuits you are plugged in to. $5 at HD or Lowes will get you a simple 110v circuit tester. Get it fixed before someone gets hurt.

I beg to differ with you. You most certainly can have a short and not trip a c/b or melt a wire. My brand new rig did it. Dead short plugged into 50 amp service, no trip when plugged into 30 amp. Used it for 6 months before we found it when we finally plugged into a 50 amp service. Before that we had used 30 amp as no 50 available. Fixed under warranty.

You didn't have a short, but that might be the language the dealer used to explain the problem. A short to ground or neutral will immediately start to 'fry' components and trip breakers or switches since there is virtually zero resistance between 'live' and 'ground' at that point.