HOT SKIN

[Stephen Birtles]

had 2 cases of hot skin first was short in roof air conditioner
second was wife's credit card bill ( just kidding Dear)
Stephen 77fc35


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Darst"
wrote:
> My Bird is setting in my driveway and plugged into a standard 20
amp
> receptacle via the 50amp/30amp cordset with a 30amp to 15amp
adapter.
>
> I have used this method here at home for 2 1/2 years and have
never
> had HOT SKIN.
>
> It has been plugged in for about 10 days now(this time). I have
been
> in and out of the Bird most every day. No shocks.
>
> But this morning, with door key in hand, I touched the door key to
> the deadbolt and got a shock.(DAM!)
>
> I have read old posts that indicate "there must be something
wrong".
>
> Am looking for something a bit more definitive. Being the Bird has
> never done this, and that it hasn't moved since having no HOT
SKIN,
> I doubt that it is a bare skinned wire.
>
> In reading information provided by the Freedom Inverter, there is
a
> section that indicates that the unit internally bonds the AC
output
> white(neutral) and green(ground) when the unit is OFF or in the
> INVERT mode (neither of these being the case today).
>
> When incoming AC is applied, this bond is lifted. When AC power is
> applied, the grounding system is supplied by the source(in this
> case, my house wiring system), where neutral and earth ground are
> bonded together.
>
> This probably has nothing to with it, but just in case I am
missing
> something here...
>
> Jeff Miller had posted a few years back that generally the power
> source or the cordset are the issue. With the adapters taking us
> from 50amp to 15amp, can't be sure if thats an issue, its always
> worked before. Could be the source ground system? Not sure how to
> check that.
>
> HOT SKIN conditions are caused by?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks
> Jay Darst
> 85PT40
> SpringfieldIL