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Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 09-07-2015, 05:58 AM
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Posted By jmsokol
You're most welcome. I find that a lot of my...

You're most welcome. I find that a lot of my college students learn better visually than simply reading, so videos really help. (Yes, I'm an adjunct professor at a major conservatory)

BTW I'm...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 08-28-2015, 03:37 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
I just shot a video on how to test a portable...

I just shot a video on how to test a portable generator for a floating neutral and an easy way to add a neutral-ground bond for use with an EMS Surge Protector. See...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 06-27-2015, 02:55 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Golly.... this single forum thread download my...

Golly.... this single forum thread download my No~Shock~Zone articles 174 times in a single day this week. You all must be studying really hard. :biggrin:

Mike Sokol
No Shock Zone...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 05-24-2015, 07:10 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Thanks for bumping my No~Shock~Zone articles up...

Thanks for bumping my No~Shock~Zone articles up to remind everyone about electrical safety. One thing to be aware of is that I'm now getting a lot of emails about electricians installing new TT-30...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 05-05-2015, 07:11 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
I've been seeing a lot of my article downloads...

I've been seeing a lot of my article downloads from this forum over the last few days, so that means that Spring has sprung and you're all getting your skoolies ready for adventure. Be sure to...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 11-17-2014, 08:44 PM
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Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

FYI: I've just posted a video showing how to test a pedestal outlet for proper voltage, polarity and grounding before plugging in your RV. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5pLlZm8O84 and please...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-07-2014, 10:22 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

You're most welcome. And thanks very much for your kind words. I get really sad every time I read about the death of yet another child from electrocution. That's one of the reasons I work so hard to...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-06-2014, 11:37 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

Sadly, a 3-year old boy was electrocuted by an RV hot-skin just last Monday in Amboy, IL.

Here's a video I just posted on the apparent cause of the electrocution....
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 06-22-2014, 03:39 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

Thanks to everyone who watched my webinar about RV Electricity on RVtravel.com yesterday. They've now asked me to come back again in a few weeks, so stay tuned for lots more content. Send any...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 06-18-2014, 09:38 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

FYI: My first eBook - No~Shock~Zone RV Electrical Safety - has just published on Amazon/Kindle. I think that every RV owner, technician and campground owner should read this book....
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 06-12-2014, 07:08 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

Please post the following to any forums you belong to.

Mike Sokol from The No~Shock~Zone will appear live on the RVtravel webinar on Saturday, June 21 at noon EST. He'll be discussing RV...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 12-22-2013, 02:22 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

You're most welcome.

Just to keep you all in the loop, I'm working on a grant that will allow me to produce a series of electrical training and safety videos/articles for the pro-sound and...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 12-21-2013, 08:33 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

Something else the moderator may want to move up to the top page of this thread. I've just written an article defining both low-current and high-current hot-skin conditions, along with an explanation...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 11-22-2013, 07:37 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

That small voltage difference between the frame of your "grounded" bus and the earth is perfectly normal and expected. In fact, if you were to lengthen the leads of your meter to 100 ft and poke them...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 11-21-2013, 12:00 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

Excellent. Please post a picture of you testing for an RPBG outlet with your bus in the background whenever you get the chance.

Mike Sokol
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 11-20-2013, 11:37 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

While at first blush this seems like a good idea, in actuality it will only help ground out any low-current (high resistance) hot-skin leakages. That's because a ground rod driven 8-ft into the dirt...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-19-2013, 02:31 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

Here's my latest article on RPBG outlets which just posted in EC&M Magazine. The online copy is available now, and the print version will hit the streets on July 28th, I think. Here's the direct link...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-09-2013, 12:05 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

Hey, I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid :lol:

So yes, you are 100% correct. An RPBG outlet will energize a steel box around it to 120-volts AC with full current capacity (20 or 30 amps). And...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-09-2013, 08:03 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

Family_Wagon.... shoot me a PM or email me at mike@noshockzone.org and I'm going to send you a FREE Fluke VoltAlert to play with and report back to the group about how well it works for detecting...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-08-2013, 08:50 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

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That's because you don't have the luxury of having a test bench that allows you to electrify anything to any voltage potential you like, then test for hot-skin voltages in a bunch of...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-08-2013, 08:15 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

The term "bootleg ground" has been around 40 years that I know of, beginning with upgrades to ungrounded wiring in the 70's. Ideal doesn't acknowledge RPBG's in their product literature because they...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-08-2013, 07:29 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

sorry to burst your bubble.... back on page 1 of the thread Mike explains why the 3-light tester won't protect you from what he has termed the reverse polarity bootleg ground...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-08-2013, 07:00 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

The confusion is that there's really no such thing as a single "ground" in an RV, more like a bunch of different ground-planes. Every ground-plane (120-volt, and 12-volt) will have its own fault...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-08-2013, 05:29 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

Remember, you MUST NOT bond the neutral bar to the frame ground. I can't see if you have the green bonding screw out of the neutral bar, but the Neutral MUST NOT BE bonded to the frame. The Ground...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-08-2013, 04:10 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 122,873
Posted By jmsokol
Re: RV Electrical Safety

Code requirements call for it being as heavy gauge (or heavier) than the max current draw. So, in theory, a 30-amp shore power connection would only require a 10 gauge bonding wire, while a 50-amp...
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