Hot skin test: a final posting

[bubblerboy64]

The fellows that get hurt when this type of thing goes down are the
guys like me, just starting out. Don't really understand what has
happened here. I don't need to. Seems unfair that I suffer and
fellows like me suffer because of what is likely personal.
John Heckman
central Pa
1973 FC
>
> 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
> >
>