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October 4 2006 at 8:25 AM
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I am just looking around trying to find a place to maybe get a little info about my first RV. I have recently been getting a shock from the door when I enter. I cut all the breakers off, and pulled all the fuses, and it still does it.The only changes I have made is putting a new 110 volt Fridge in and all I did was plug it in.
My question is does any one have any idea how I could find out what is causing this. It only does it when the 110 V line is plugged in.
My generator needs a starter so I don't know if that will do it too.
I let the jacks up and it seemed to have stopped but I later went back to enter it and got shocked again.
Any suggestions will be appreciated and if not thanks anyway and happy camping.

 
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October 15 2006, 7:37 PM 

i ihink your battery cable from your generator is has a bare spot in the cable to chassie or out side line plug in your rv has a short. rich

 
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November 4 2006, 3:04 PM 

I found it. I had wired the 110 from my house with reverse polarity.
Swapped it around and problem solved. thanks for the response.

 
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March 17 2007, 6:06 AM 

I am pretty sure you have a 'ground' problem. When you connect to 'shore' power, one of the wires coming from the house is a 'green' OR 'bare' wire that is ground. This wire is attached to the ground bus in your home, the CG ground and is the ground connect source for your MoHo. Also you need to make sure your 'white' and 'black' wire (assuming a 30 amp service) are also connected correctly. Normally in your home the ground and 'white' neutral are connected together, but not always. Sometimes the ground is a separate ground. I have never seen a ground separate except in industrial applications. Now, the ground and neutral bus in your moho ARE NOT connected together.

You have the ground floating somewhere on the moho and its not connected to the shore power ground, I think.

Hope this helps

 
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April 21 2007, 3:45 PM 

Your getting a shock because your 'black' wire is wired to the chassis either from the power connector at the hookup or in your unit. It ususally means the hot and neutral are reversed somewhere in the rig or hookup. Also, your 'third' wire, ground is not connected to the chassis or what you would be seeing I believe is a breaker faulting every time you plug in.

If you're not an electrician, hire one.

 
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