My frame goes tingle, tingle, tingle - How to find a short

RLGetman wrote:
Checked the power source and it had an open ground. Fixed, thanks!

Thank you for letting us know!

Checked the power source and it had an open ground. Fixed, thanks!

What is your shore power source?

50A
30A
15A house outlet

Usually a hot-skin "tingle" is going to be traced back to a poor ground connection - in the cable, in the plug, the socket or the panel wiring. I've had it be an outside outlet that had some corrosion in the plug socket.

Brian

With your main circuit breaker on and all your little breakers off test for current from frame to ground. Then turn on each little breaker, one at a time and repeat. No current, turn it off and go to the next breaker and repeat.
If one of the circuits gives you current to ground you can look at everything on that line for a short.
Have you had anything installed or worked on recently that maybe suspect?
Good Luck.

RLGetman wrote:
a small shock with touching my 5er frame.

That's referred to as a "hot skin" problem. Google it to find lots of info. (jbarry's links have good info). Up to 20% of RV owners have seen it, so it's not uncommon. It could be a broken ground. It could be a reversed polarity wiring. It can be very dangerous. Either of those problems will show up with a simple AC tester. As to how to find it, start by finding out if it's at the pedestal. If not, then work your way through the various circuits.

This very thing has been covered in this link:

No Shock Zone

You have a very dangerous situation and it should be taken care of immediately!

Here's a link to a previous thread on this:

Shocking experience.

Use an outlet tester on the power source.

If you are using a 2 wire extension cord replace it with an adequate 3 wire cord. If you plan on using the AC and other things, you should probably use a 10 gauge cord.