Important - check this every time you set up

Originally posted by outermostpod Just ordered the VoltAlert from Amazon.  Got one for my Father-in-law too.  For $30 bucks it is not worth the risk. Just add it to the checklist of stuff to do when you set up camp. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I would have never known.

And thanks to techntrek for posting his story about getting shocked and linking to my No~Shock~Zone site, or I would never have found your forum.

When we bought our Rpod 177 it came with a power cord. I had a new 50 foot 30 AMP boat power cord with twist locks plugs on both ends of the cord. I decided to use the the boat cord and made a cheater adapter to go from the twist plug to a regular 15 AMP plug. I found this plug at Home Depot...



http://www.homedepot.com/p/Pass-Seymour-15-Amp-125-Volt-Straight-Blade-GCM-Plug-PS5266XGCMCCV4/202039721?cm_mmc=shopping-_-googleads-_-pla-_-202039721&skwcid&kwd=&ci_sku=202039721&ci_kw=&ci_gpa=pla&ci_src=17588969

The plug has LED lights that tell you in code if the receptacle your plugging in to is wired correctly. Green LED everything is OK. Red LED or any combination signals a incorrectly wired receptacle. 

I thought it was pretty neat. I may start using them on construction sites

On the label: "Bright green LED indicator grounded and properly wired, red LED or red LED + green LED indicator - open ground, reversed polarity, no indicator - open hot, open neutral, hot and ground reversed"

I don't know if it would indicate RPBG.

You guys may have saved a life here! No Kidding!!

Originally posted by techntrek Sny thoughts on my positive test on all 3 pins of my power cord?  Maybe water intrusion?

There's nothing wrong with your Twist-lock connector. It's beeping everywhere because of the large contact areas inside the plug. These capacitive testers are calibrated to find 120-volts on a small surface are such as an extension cord or 15-amp Edison outlet. Of course something as large as an RV hot-skin will cause them to light up at as little as 40-volts and a foot or two away. Sure gets your attention, doesn't it?

That ability to beep at as low as 40-volt and from a foot away with a 120-volt hot-skin is what I discovered in my initial tests. None of the NCVT manufacturers were aware that their testers would work like that and would be useful for finding RV hot-skin voltage. I have dozens of emails from RV owners around the world who say that I probably saved a life. Please contact your RV dealer and manufacturer about supporting more No-Shock-Zone articles and clinics. R-pod and Forest River should know about this test procedure.