Archive - RVelectricity

Testing for a secondary neutral / ground bond

Here’s two more things that can cause GFCI nuisance tripping…

18 hrs ago •

RV Grounding – Part 2

A rose by any other name... When is the ground not really a ground?

Jul 11

Reflected Hot Skin Voltage at a campground….

A question from yesterday's article on RV grounding

Jul 10 •

RV Grounding Part 1

When is a ground not really a ground?

Jul 9 •

How to plug a 30-amp RV into a 50-amp outlet

Can it be done safely without blowing anything up?

Jul 8 •

Why two 30's don't make a 50!

Did you know that a 50-amp pedestals is actually 100 amps?

Jul 7 •

RVelectricity Weekly Digest 7/6/25

Deadly Pedestal Hookup, Plugging an RV into a dryer outlet, What is an SCD Outlet, What is a continuous load...

Jul 6 •

Deadly Campground Pedestal Hookup!

What were they thinking?

Jul 5 •

Plugging an RV into a dryer outlet!

Not all outlets and adapters are created equal. Here's what works...

Jul 4 •

Parts for an RV SCD outlet upgrade

I've not done this upgrade yet, but here's my educated guess on what could work to change out a troublesome SCD (Self Contained Device) outlet in your…

Jul 3 •

What is an SCD (Self Contained Device) Outlet?

And why do they seem to fail randomly?

Jul 2 •

Traffic Ticket Scam!

Don’t fall for texts or emails that falsely claim you owe money for unpaid tickets and threaten to suspend your license or registration

Jul 1 •

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