From: Joe Shannon (fordpart@bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed Mar 10 2004 - 06:13:33 PST
Please forgive me if someone else has already said this but, there
is a small tester you can buy for very little which has 3 lights on it.
it determines if the "hot" or black wire is hooked to the proper
terminal in the plug which you are using to feed the shelter. I have one
I carry in my shelter for this. In actuality the white and the green
wire on a 120 volt system is hooked to the same terminal in the switch
box so if the receptacle is hooked up backwards appliances will work but
on a metal building it will energize the structure. The white wire is
known as the neutral, the green, ground and the black, hot.
ygmir wrote:
>Hi all,
>I notice when hooking up 110V to my shelter(s), I get current through the
>ground strap, and even enough to "tickle" when you are well grounded and
>touch it (ok, I see you all smiling.........).
>Any way, I tested the plug (round, 8 connector half male, half female) ( now
>I know you're laughing....).
> I found what I think are the pos. and neg. connections points. I've also
>tried back-feeding power through the external outlets.
>Everything works fine, I just don't really like the idea of the shelters
>exterior being "energized", even at low amperage......
>Can any one tell me which "pins" are the actual ones to put the voltage to?
>And, maybe explain what's going on. The two of my shelters I've done this to
>both react the same way.
>I'm out of ideas, so will appreciate any you might want to share.
>Thanks,
>Henry
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