Hot skin safety test time

[Gregory OConnor]

Turning on a breaker does not a load make. electricians have ways to
pump the wires and test the path or use Ohms to test resistance and
possible path. Your test will prove some issues but $150 with a
Marine specific electrical tech will prove all.

I droped the bus off at a Marina for a safety check once purchased.
There are big issues with boats shored at docks and these techs have
more experience with issues typical to our bus. I am cheap and like
to learn by doing but the study of electric is a practice with many
if-then synarios.

I test my pool light with a tennis ball but it is hard to encourage a
dog to turn on the Bus microwave and water heater. hire this one out
only gotta do it once and maintain it there after.

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomoland

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
>
> Hello everyone:
>
> It has been a warm summer for most of us and the A/C's have been
running
> leaving the heaters and other things at rest.
>
> I have been doing up grades and some R&R on some of the systems in
Ruff
> Diamond. And with winter coming up I decided it was time to do a
hot skin
> test as it is on my PM list every 6 months.
>
> What your checking for is any rise in AC voltage from a
ground/ground
> source with the negative lead on your meter attached to that and
the red
> lead to probe several spots around the door frame metal. What you
should
> see when first hooking up the meter is .0001 plus or minus 0. If
you see a
> reading of .0201 reading then you have a hot skin with 1/4 volts AC
(it can
> be as much as 1/2 volt AC), and need to find the source of the
voltage.
> What will a hot skin do? It will send a tingling through your body
if you
> touch any metal part of the Coach while standing in a rain puddle
or if
> your sweaty and hot skin has been known to send enough voltage via
amperage
> through your hand to ground to knock you off the step and yes,
deaths have
> occurred. Is it serious, darn right it is.
>
> If you don't have a deviation great, fold it up your done and you
and your
> Family are safe. If you do have voltage then use a clip lead and
connect
> the red lead to a point around the door and go to the main breaker
box and
> starting with one breaker (either leg) switch it off and check the
meter
> for change, do this on both legs until you find a change and what
ever
> breaker you switch off the difference is noted then that is the AC
> electrical circuit you need to find the problem on.
>
> If, when you first do the check and the meter range is un stable
try
> pouring a glass of water on the ground rod you drove into the
ground for
> your ground /ground. If the meter is still ranging up and down then
more
> than likely you do not have a hot skin but dirty contacts on the
change
> over switch, automatic or manual it does not matter.
>
> Oh for my ground I use a copper tool I made for doing this. You can
take an
> 18inch length of rebar, sharpen one end and drive it into the
ground just
> out side the door way so you can attach the black meter lead to it.
>
> The whold think take less and 10 minutes to do and you know if your
safe or
> that you need to find the problem.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> 84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
> Duncan, Oklahoma
>