Hot skin test: a final posting

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Everyone:

The hot skin on an RV is very serious business, please take it seriously
because people have literally died from this problem. I know people who
have grabbed the handle on the side of RV's put their left foot on the
metal step and the right foot in just a trace of water puddled form rain
and has had the right heel literally blown off. This is documented fact not
fiction.

Hot skin is a high resistance short, not enough of a short to trip a
breaker but enough of one to cause a tingling if your hands are sweaty and
you touch metal. Ohms will not find this short and the only way to know
which circuit this problem is on is to do a voltage check, period. 9 out of
10 times your Coach is plugged in to shore power and all will be ok with
the 50 amp or 30 amp. This problem will show up if your using an adapter to
a 110 vac shore power source.

I have given this Forum the right way to check for this problem and the
only way that is prescribed and taught to all RV techs the world over in
formal programs for that purpose.

Over the years I have posted things to help the owners to help themselves.
I have spent countless hours going through schools to gain the knowledge to
make a living for my Family with a BSEE degree and then after retiring, I
attended a school strictly for the trouble shooting and repair of RV's and
all the systems used in them.

Self help postings:

This will be my last posting on anything concerning self help to the Forum
nor will I make up any further manuals of "how to's" on Birds as they seem
to cause such scrutiny and deemed to be of no use what so ever. Please get
your Bird checked out and take it to a shop if you like and pay money for a
simple 10 minute check you could have done, as others have suggested. Good luck

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
Duncan, Oklahoma