Hot skin test: a final posting

[Bob Lawrence]

Hey Ralph,
Don't listen to those who don't know squat!!!
I value your knowledge more than most of the poster on this site.
Will see you in Nov. and have you do some work on our bus.
I KNOW you have more knowledge than the previous posters on this
subject.

Bob Lawrence
84 PT36
Branson, Mo (with 60 days of workcamping left so I can get Ralph's
expertise to work on my bus)
> 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
>