Our camper was getting hot skin where the exterior aluminum skin was charged whenver the air conditioner unit was wired into the fusebox. We have a '73 Holiday Rambler, the air conditioner is a Coleman Mach III. I used a noncontact voltage detector to make sure there's no charge on the exterior if the air conditioner isn't wired into the fusebox and the outlets all read correct with a 3-wire receptacle tester, but when the air conditioner is wired into the fusebox the skin is charged and the receptacle tester reads Hot/Neutral Reverse on all the outlets except the one in the living room, which still reads correct. I've left the wire for the air conditioner detached for now since I don't want to accidentally get fried, but it's the middle of summer and it's pretty hot, so I'd like to get this fixed asap. From my research into hot skin I'm thinking there's probably a break somewhere in the wire between the air conditioner and the fusebox that's making contact with the struts or skin, and I need to rewire it. I'm going to try this out, but if anyone else has any information to clarify the problem I'd appreciate it.
