Strange electrical problem.
I have a wierd one today. I was showing my father in law my distribution hitch. I was standing barefoot in the driveways and I touched the steel unpainted L pin that holds the bars to the L brack...
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When the RV chassis/ground is allowed to float (ie like others said, no ground conductor to Earth) and while 120 VAC Hot and Neutral are connected, the chassis/ground will attempt to establish itself 1/2 way between Hot and Neutral due to capacitative coupling between the Hot, Ground and Neutral circuits.
This leaky capacitative current path is enough to feel a tingle when you made a conductive path from chassis to Earth but not enough to effect a serious shock. It is a friendly warning of a serious faulty ground condition in that your first level of safety is compromised.
This leaky capacitative current path is enough to feel a tingle when you made a conductive path from chassis to Earth but not enough to effect a serious shock. It is a friendly warning of a serious faulty ground condition in that your first level of safety is compromised.
