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Electrical tickle

Getting an electrical tickle from the coach. Where to start? 40 vac to dirt.
Old Phart Phred, EIEIO
89 GV ored 36' #3405 300 hp cat 3208 ATAAC side radiator, mountain tamer exhaust brake

Re: Electrical tickle

Reply #2 –
phred,

If you have the OEM fridge I would go and unplug it from the receptacle. This eleminates a failing heating element.

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Re: Electrical tickle

Reply #3 –
I would first go to each item that is plugged in that isn't a three prong plug and doesn't have the polarity plugs ( two plug and has one that is larger). Turn the plug over and plug back in. I have found this problem in a mobile home that people had broke the ground lug off and would unplug during every storm and would plug in back in and reverse the polarity and it would make the trailer siding hot, also found same thing with the cord from a gas cook stove the cord was for timer, clock, and electronic lighter.
Be sure and check things plugged in in storage area too, another ting it might be is that the 50 amp plug on the coach is not fully inserted and TWISTED to make contact on the ground.

Just my two cents and I will collect when I see you if it works.
Ron Clark
Sherwood,Arkansas
1999 U 295 40 foot Build # 5550
2020 Jeep Gladiator
Motorcade # 18173
FMCA # F485593

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Reply #4 –
On shore power? Check the ground pin on your plugs. Also do a continuity test on both ground wire and neutral wire. Those are my thoughts.
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Gerry & Brenda
CHARLOTTE HARBOR, FL
1994 Grand Villa - # 4466
U300 Unihome - 6V92 Detroit
4 speed Allison - Jake Brake

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Reply #5 –
TMan, your link is maybe not right.

Phred?  Tickles when you are plugged in?  Same when generator is on? If not then what you are plugged into in suspect.  Is it happens with both power sources then you likely have a wiring problem in the coach. Be careful here, you do not want to get the ground path.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

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Reply #7 –
Until you find and fix it don't be barefoot and don't touch the coach if feet and or ground is wet.  People have been killed before in certain circumstances with hot skin. 
Dan - Full timing since 2009
2003 U320 40' Tag 2 slide

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Reply #9 –

How about one of these wall outlet testers: Amazon.com: wall outlet tester . Also available Home Depot, hardware stores, Harbor F.

We were at a motel in Arizona on a hot summer night a few years ago. Big pool but as you got toward the underwater light at one end of the pool, you got a pretty good "tingle" so had to stay at least 15 feet away. Scary!

Pierce

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Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

Re: Electrical tickle

Reply #11 –
Phred, what are you touching to get that tingling feeling? .
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

Re: Electrical tickle

Reply #12 –
I was touching front bumper, wet sanding front of coach. Laid my sponge on the bumper. 40 vac to dirt outside coach house. Extension cord that I tested a few months ago is showing open ground now. Coach House is still without power.
Old Phart Phred, EIEIO
89 GV ored 36' #3405 300 hp cat 3208 ATAAC side radiator, mountain tamer exhaust brake
 

Re: Electrical tickle

Reply #13 –
I think this is probably the best reason ever to install a hard wired progressive industires unit, which I think disconnects with loss of ground.
Old Phart Phred, EIEIO
89 GV ored 36' #3405 300 hp cat 3208 ATAAC side radiator, mountain tamer exhaust brake