Walt,
The neutral should NOT be connected to ground in your trailer, never,
ever. You just described the reason. Reversing the polarity is "not
good", but if the neutral isn't grounded in the trailer, you really
shouldn't get even a tickle. The main reason to even be concerned is if
you have an appliance that shorts the neutral to ground somehow; with
proper polarity, there's no consequence. Otherwise "ZZZAAAAAPPPP", as
you say.
<<Jim>>
"Sanderson W. Sandy" wrote:
>
> Subject: [VAC] Electrical panel
>
> Nick, That little red light is indeed the polarity indicator. If it glows
> red, you have reversed the Hot and Neutral infeeds. What this means is your
> trailer skin and chassis (to which all things are grounded, including
> Neutral) will be HOT, or energised. Contact with same, depending on how
> isolated you are from ground (or Earth as the rest of the world calls it)
> best case: dry desert sand, thick soled rubber soled shoes, you might feel a
> tingle when standing outside and touching the trailer. Worst case: barefoot,
> at the beach, standing in a puddle of salt water...ZZZAAAAAPPPP.
> I have heard (only anecdotal) stories of pets fried when transitioning
> between trailer and outdoors, so far I've only filed them in my "urban
> legends/camping" archives.
> To see if it works, use a "cheater" plug (2 prong with a ground tab to
> be connected to the outlet) and reverse the power cord. the light should
> glow red. I've checked mine and it does work.
> Walt Sandy
> S. W. Sandy
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> 1970 27' Overlander
> South West New Jersey
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