All,
I would like to thank all of you here who earnestly participate with knowledgeable information regarding a multitude of issues related to Rv's and camping. You have likely saved a life at the very least injury.
It rained here in Kansas last night so everything is wet. We are headed to the lake for the week on Thursday so this morning I was out doing some prep work. I have a rack that I installed in my 5ver basement to store my fishing rods so they don't get damaged or tangled up. As I was putting the fishing rods into the rack I had to stick my head and upper torso into the storage compartment through a small back side storage door. As I did this there was rain water on the ledge of the door opening. This water wet my t-shirt which then transferred to the skin on my chest. I had on flip-flops so my feet were wet and I was standing on wet ground. Surprisingly I felt a pretty stiff tingle on my chest and on the side of my foot. I immediately thought that felt like an electrical shock. I got out my trusty volt meter and found that I had 60 volts from the frame of the 5ver to the wet ground. Needless to say I was mentally shocked to see this not mention the previous physical shock. I came here and did a search for this issue and found a post that mentioned the possibility of the defective shore cord or a missing ground plug. I have my rig plugged into the sticks house power via a 50' extension cord. I went to look the cord over and found the male ground prong had broken off inside the 110 volt receptacle. I removed the cord and replaced it with a new out of the box cord and re-checked for the errant volts......GONE!!!
Thank you all for your valuable input to this forum.
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