trailer grounding
Can i, or should, I ground my trailer with a grd. rod to frame,even if my rv shore cable is grounded thru the rv recepticle box? My trailer is permenent on its site.
Forum Discussion
- NO!
- Do you have Chinese tires?
J/K You shouldn't need to ground it, but it won't hurt anything. It is a bit of a security blanket to add a ground. - It should already be grounded through the plug and won't make any difference if you add a ground rod. It would not make a lightening strike anymore likely or damaging either.
- Certainly not my area of expertise but I would think it would be alright to do… most are grounded already (although poorly) through the stabilizers and tongue jack…
But please don’t take my opinion to seriously… someone with more knowledge about this will certainly jump on with better and more accurate advise than I could give… - The service should be properly grounded. If you are in a park, and you ground your trailer, it will become the path of least resistance in case of a lightening strike nearby. I wouldn't do it.
