Got shocked while washing trailer
My neighbor has a FR Heritage Glenn Lite bumper pull that is just past a year old; (no more warranty). He just told me that he was shocked while kneeling & hand-washing top of RV. He was washing th...
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Bobbo wrote:I added testing for a ground fault but let me clarify.BFL13 wrote:
One way to get a GFCI fault is to get the outside receptacle wet. He was washing his rig when this happened. So..... ?
The problem is not a GFCI fault, it is a hot skin. Someone threw in a comment about a GFCI fault just to muddy the water.
The rig has an open ground that needs to be resolved and fixed. And something is causing the skin to be "hot" which is a ground fault or leak to the frame. The frame won't be hot after fixing the open ground but the current leak to ground or ground fault may still exist. After fixing the open ground plugging into a GFCI will trip if indeed the current leakage is 5ma or greater.
It other words the rig in question may have 2 problems that need to be fixed:
1. Open ground
2. Ground fault
It's a good idea to plug your RV into a GFCI plug periodically to make sure you don't have a ground fault. If OK turn on various appliances one at a time to test them.
If further testing using a GFCI plug muddies the water then so be it.
