Hot skin issue please help
Hi, I have a 1996 30 ft camper I'm having a hot skin issue where 50 v is leaking from shell of camper to ground. Each of the six breakers I have on my camper reduce this voltage as I shut each of them...
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I have read thru multiple posts and cannot seem to find an answer to my specific hot skin issue.
I have a '04 26' travel trailer that is in excellent shape and all systems work perfectly, I thought. Only when I was changing tires while hooked to shore power did I get a tingle and started researching the problem.
Thanks to No Shock Zone I did get an adjustable (down to 12 volts) NCVT to verify that I have hot skin.
Thru process of elimination of circuits, etc. I know my issue is when my water heater has water in it, but not when it is empty.
Additionally, the NCVT at it most sensitive setting will always pick up a slight reading when I test at the steps/frame rail connection point, but not on the frame, bumper, axles, doors or anywhere else...and no actual voltage reading on a VOM.
So what can be wrong, that I can take out/replace that will stop the water heater from causing it?
Also, my water heater has a plug that I can unplug from an outlet and that obviously stops the problem too.
Curious about the "simple/non-technical" input from this forum. Thanks.
NOTE: I did find that the ground prong on my garage cord was originally damaged and it was replaced before I did my testing (but I didn't try grounding myself like accidentally did with the tire changing LOL.)
I have a '04 26' travel trailer that is in excellent shape and all systems work perfectly, I thought. Only when I was changing tires while hooked to shore power did I get a tingle and started researching the problem.
Thanks to No Shock Zone I did get an adjustable (down to 12 volts) NCVT to verify that I have hot skin.
Thru process of elimination of circuits, etc. I know my issue is when my water heater has water in it, but not when it is empty.
Additionally, the NCVT at it most sensitive setting will always pick up a slight reading when I test at the steps/frame rail connection point, but not on the frame, bumper, axles, doors or anywhere else...and no actual voltage reading on a VOM.
So what can be wrong, that I can take out/replace that will stop the water heater from causing it?
Also, my water heater has a plug that I can unplug from an outlet and that obviously stops the problem too.
Curious about the "simple/non-technical" input from this forum. Thanks.
NOTE: I did find that the ground prong on my garage cord was originally damaged and it was replaced before I did my testing (but I didn't try grounding myself like accidentally did with the tire changing LOL.)
