Thanks for the article. I encountered a hot skin on our trailer a couple of years ago. I was puzzled as what was occurring. To determine the cause, I started at the power panel, switched off the breaker, the hot skin disappeared. Next, I started with changing out the breaker, cable from breaker to outlet, switched power cables, finally getting to the trailer. Checked the breakers inside the trailer panel box, tightened all the wire set screws in the panel, checked the cable between the panel box to the shore power plug at the side of the trailer. When removing the shore plug, the issue was found with a loose ground and one of the power feed conductors was not wired properly. It was a learning experience for sure. The issue was created when the dealer did warranty repairs at the end of the first year of our owning the trailer. The wire set screws held for a while before causing the hot skin.
Thanks for the article. I encountered a hot skin on our trailer a couple of years ago. I was puzzled as what was occurring. To determine the cause, I started at the power panel, switched off the breaker, the hot skin disappeared. Next, I started with changing out the breaker, cable from breaker to outlet, switched power cables, finally getting to the trailer. Checked the breakers inside the trailer panel box, tightened all the wire set screws in the panel, checked the cable between the panel box to the shore power plug at the side of the trailer. When removing the shore plug, the issue was found with a loose ground and one of the power feed conductors was not wired properly. It was a learning experience for sure. The issue was created when the dealer did warranty repairs at the end of the first year of our owning the trailer. The wire set screws held for a while before causing the hot skin.
Thank you for your article.
Thanks to the insight you provide with your article, I have ordered a voltage detector. I had no idea that such a device existed. Thank you.
Great advice, Mike! I'll get one of those NCVT pens. Looks like it has lots of important uses beyond RVs.