Hot Skin Condition

[howson]

Below are links to Mike Sokol's excellent series of articles on what a Hot Skin Condition is, how to test for it, and what to do if something if found. I'll link the third article when it publishes.

Note the pictures are just that...pictures from the articles (just the headlines). To get to Mike's rvelectricity website use the link below the picture.



https://rvelectricity.substack.com/p/hot-skin-voltage

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https://rvelectricity.substack.com/p...roubleshooting

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Coming soon!


Howard

[Scott'n'Wendy]

A fellow electrician friend of mine had the same thing happen with an aluminium siding covered house.....Ended up being a screw from the siding piercing the romex...

[colan]

Park electrical issues can also cause a hot skin condition.

Under an RV, hot and sweaty, roll up against an axle. Feel the tingle of electricity. What! That was the second unit in the area that I had found with a hot skin. I shoved a probe of the volt meter in the damp dirt, held the other probe against the metal frame, measured 10 volts AC. Tried a couple of nearby RV's same results. Asked around and found it was a known issue in the park.

[Canyonlight]

Park electrical issues can also cause a hot skin condition.

Under an RV, hot and sweaty, roll up against an axle. Feel the tingle of electricity. What! That was the second unit in the area that I had found with a hot skin. I shoved a probe of the volt meter in the damp dirt, held the other probe against the metal frame, measured 10 volts AC. Tried a couple of nearby RV's same results. Asked around and found it was a known issue in the park.

Colan - glad you chimed in on this. Our previous camper experienced hot skin at times with one State Park CG here in SD that we go to often. This campground unfortunately is sacrificed by the Corp of Engineers to flood when the Missouri river has excess runoff usually after the spring snow melt in the Rockies. The park had electrical issues with the RV pedestals and underground wiring which has since been all replaced a few years ago.

Dan