I subscribe to several different RV newsletters and yesterday the one I received contained links to this series of articles on RV Electrical Safety. I thought it might be a good link to possibly make a sticky. It contains information that many of us already know but it is good reading for newbees and a good refresher for the rest of us. Easy reading (not technical) and written in an easy to understand style. Even though I have studied electronics and have accepted different theories as "that's the way it is with electricity" because the teacher couldn't explain the concepts clearly or I couldn't fathom them out, this guy has clearly explained electrical theory and practicality by comparing electricity to water flowing through a hose. I highly recommend it.
Hey everybody... I'm Mike Sokol, the writer of the NoShockZone RV Electrical Safety articles linked at the top of this thread. Thanks for posting them here.
There's one more electrical safety issue to be aware of, something I call an RPBG outlet (Reverse Polarity Bootleg Ground). This sometimes happens in older homes and garages where grounded outlet are upgraded on ungrounded wiring. An RPBG outlet will electrically energize the chassis and skin of any appliance or RV plugged into it. And you can't detect it with any 3-light tester or Volt Meter using standard test procedures. Read all about it at http://www.rvdoctor.com/2001/0.....-mike.html I'll re-post it on my http://www.NoShockZone.org website next week after it's been on Gary Bunzer's newsletter for a month. There's also a lot of videos I've produced about electrical safety at http://www.youtube.com/howtoseminars so take a look at the hot-skin videos.
In the meantime, please feel free to offer any comments on the articles and videos already posted and suggestions for future RV electrical articles.
Mike Sokol
http://www.noshockzone.org
mike@noshockzone.org
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saved that one, Thanks 8)
Something you all might want to read. I just posted an article on RV Education 101 about the difference between low-current and high-current hot skin conditions and what causes each of them. See http://www.rvuniversity.com/article.php/2013113015512298 for the issue.
As always, please contact me with any RV electrical safety questions at mike@noshockzone.org or post on this thread and I'll see it. However, I don't monitor this entire forum, so you'll have to give me a heads-up with any interesting threads.
Mike Sokol
mike@noshockzone.org
http://www.NoShockZone.org
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