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Old 09-12-2016, 10:17 AM   #1
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It's Shocking!!!!!

A friend just bought used a 03 wildwood 30'bhss and everytime he touches the unit exterior he gets a shock. HELP!!! What should he look for to fix this. Ow does someone have a number that he can call for help?
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Old 09-12-2016, 10:26 AM   #2
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A friend just bought used a 03 wildwood 30'bhss and everytime he touches the unit exterior he gets a shock. HELP!!! What should he look for to fix this. Ow does someone have a number that he can call for help?
bad ground somewhere.... is it full voltage or a trickle? If it is 120V AC I would look hard at any outside outlets. You might can un-plug the shore power and OHM each terminal to frame ground. This will tell you if there is a short. If all or most of this is "greek" then he/she should call someone. IMO
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RV Electrical Safety: Part IV – Hot Skin | No~Shock~Zone
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Old 09-12-2016, 10:39 AM   #4
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RV Hot Skin.

Read the above link and that'll tell you what the problem is. Basically there is no ground on the Rv and the hot & neutral are swapped.
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Mike Sokol is the de facto expert on this situation:

We keep a sticky from Mike about this here, which your friends problem is most likely a bad ground somewhere as has been pointed out.

http://www.forestriverforums.com/for...-rv-89191.html
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