[Milsurplus] Electrical question...

[Ryan Gill]

At 1:51 PM -0400 6/23/06, J. Forster wrote:
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>It only takes a few milliamps to kill. Current can flow through stray capacitances as well as resistors.

Yep, that's why I prefer GFCI over a simple breaker.

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>It's YOUR life. I'd make sure the protective ground is intact and grounded and the neutral connected to the protective ground.

I'm trying to understand the specific reasoning.

>If you are inside, the AC neutral and ground should be tied to the chassis. If you are outside, the tires likely insulate and are low capacitance to ground. I'd ground mine, if  had one.-John

But once you deploy jacks. How many motorhome operators out there level their RVs and never deploy a ground spike even though they're running an on board gen-set?

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