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RV Electricity – Inverter generator battery charging

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By Mike Sokol Dear Mike, I have a Predator inverter generator, and have done any battery charging to date via the 110V outputs and a good...

RV Electricity – No~Shock~Zone by Mike Sokol – Issue 23

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Issue 23 • September 29, 2019 Brought to you as a public service by RVtravel.com which believes that an educated RVer is a safe, happy...

RV Electrical Safety: ‘I Like Mike’ Campaign Launched

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By Mike Sokol RVelectricity™ funding campaign off to a great start! You really do “Like Mike“ A few months ago at the Enumclaw RV Expo, Chuck and...

RV Electrical Safety: Road Signs – Suki the Adventure Cat

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By Mike Sokol Suki the Adventure Cat has probably been to more places than you have Who doesn’t like to look at cats and kittens on...

RV Electrical Safety: Electric VW RV?

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By Mike Sokol Industry Updates: Electric RVs VW’s "Drive Bigger" campaign makes the ID. BUZZ electric bus inescapable, years ahead of its release —Elektrek While this certainly...

RV Electrical Safety: Q and A: 30- and 50-amp surge protectors

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By Mike Sokol Q&A's from my RVelectricity Seminars: I'm getting a lot of interesting follow-up questions from my RVelectricity Seminar attendees. Here's a recent one. Subject: 50-amp...

RV Electricity – Torque those ATS screws properly

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, In my RVelectricity seminars I've been demonstrating how to tighten terminal screws in your generator transfer switch. Why should you be...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): What is an RVelectricity™ Master Class?

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electrical Safety: Part 7 – Wattage

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, Here's Part 7 of my 12-part series on RV electricity that originally ran in 2010. I'm republishing the entire series this...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): RV hot-skin test at Hershey

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): How much power does an electric water kettle use?

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electricity – Don’t fix a blown fuse like this!

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, I just saw this rather disturbing picture of a couple of bullets used to replace blown fuses in a vehicle, and...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Powering fridge in RV 40 ft. from house outlet

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electricity – No~Shock~Zone by Mike Sokol – Issue 22

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Issue 22 • September 1, 2019 Brought to you as a public service by RVtravel.com. Support comes from our sponsors, advertisers and the contributions of readers,...

RV Electricity – Electric residential clothes dryers in RVs

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By Mike Sokol Why am I not getting any heat from my new electric clothes dryer? Okay, everyone. Here's a fascinating puzzle I've been working on...

RV Electricity – Road Signs: (Fender) Rhodes Signs

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By Mike Sokol (Fender) Rhodes Signs I love you just the way you are...  This is dedicated to all the Golden Oldies out there who think that...

RV Electricity – Pedestal power basics

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, Hope you all read my guest essay in this issue so you can get a feel for just how important RV...

Thirty- and fifty-amp GFCIs in campgrounds – not a good idea

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By Mike Sokol I received a number of inquiries last week about possible changes to the 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC) and how it might...

RV Electrical Safety: Part 6 – Voltage drop

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By Mike Sokol What follows is #6 in a 12-part series about basic electricity for RV users and how to protect yourself and your family...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Can an RPBG happen on a 30-amp outlet?

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electricity – Possible tester failure on 30-amp outlets

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By Mike Sokol Dear readers, In this column I'm going to warn you about a potential measurement problem that can occur when testing 30-amp shore power...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): How to troubleshoot anything

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electricity – Reverse Polarity Bootleg Ground update

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By Mike Sokol Just a reminder that I'll be presenting free seminars at the Hershey RV Show September 11-15, as well as offering a 3-hour...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Generator bonding

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

Have you ever experienced a burned shore power plug?

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Mike Sokol believes this is such an important issue that he has asked that this survey question from his RVelectricity™ Newsletter Issue 21 be...

RV Electrical Safety: Part 5 – Amperage; and Advanced RVelectricity Workshop update

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By Mike Sokol Mike's 3-hour Advanced RVelectricityTM Workshop is coming to the Hershey RV Show on Sept. 14, 2019 We now have the Hershey 3-hour Advanced...

The shocking truth about RV shore power problems

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Few people underestimate the dangers of an incorrectly wired home electrical system, yet RV owners routinely tolerate problems that would raise red flags if...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Battery disconnect switch options

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electricity – No~Shock~Zone by Mike Sokol – Issue 21

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Issue 21 • July 28, 2019 Brought to you as a public service by RVtravel.com. Support comes from our sponsors, advertisers and the contributions of readers...

RV Electricity: Q&A on parallel breakers

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By Mike Sokol Q&A's from my Facebook group: I'm getting a lot of interesting questions on my RV Electricity Facebook Group. Here's one with an answer...

RV Electricity – Road Signs: Biiig swing and a miss…

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By Mike Sokol “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” ―Babe Ruth I was reminded recently of this famous quote...

RV Electricity: Installing a battery disconnect for multi-battery systems

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By Mike Sokol 12-volt DC electrical systems How to install a disconnect switch for 1-, 2- and 4-battery systems Dear Mike, I’m a paying member of RVtravel.com because...

RV Electricity: What causes hot-skin voltage?

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By Mike Sokol Dear Mike, I read your article last week about RV hot-skin, and have to admit that I've felt a few shocks from my...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Generator starving for fuel?

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electrical Safety: Part 4 – Hot-Skin Voltage

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, Following is one of the most important articles I've ever written, and possibly ever will write. In the original version back...

Free RV electricity seminars near Seattle, Aug. 1-3

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RV Electricity expert Mike Sokol of RVtravel.com will teach three seminars at the upcoming Enumclaw RV Show in Enumclaw, Washington (near Seattle), August 1-3,...

RV Electricity: Better 30-amp power connectors

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By Mike Sokol Dear forum members, We woke this morning with no electric. The issue was a poor connection of the electric cord to the RV....

RV Electricity – Tighten those transfer switch terminals carefully

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By Mike Sokol  Dear Mike, Saw your seminar in Goshen at the Heartland Rally, and it was really informative. Can you go into more detail...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Would you plug into this pedestal?

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electricity – No~Shock~Zone by Mike Sokol – Issue 20

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Issue 20 • June 30, 2019 Brought to you as a public service by RVtravel.com. Support comes from our sponsors, advertisers and the contributions of readers,...

RV Electricity – Road Signs: Looking back on 65 years

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By Mike Sokol Golly, I can't believe I actually made it to 65 last month! Of course, my twin brother, Joe, is 20 minutes older...

RV Electricity – RV fire safety THIA interview: Part 1

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RV Road Safety How can we protect our RVs from a fire? Fewer things are more frightening or devastating than a fire in your RV. While...

RV Electrical Safety – Part 3 – Measuring outlets

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By Mike Sokol Everyone, Here's Part 3 of my 12-part series on RV Electricity which I originally posted in 2010. I've updated it with the latest...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): AC and DC trailer hookups

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

All about RV electrical fires and a new way to extinguish them fast

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By Mike Sokol Hey, everyone. You know me as the RV Electricity guy, but I am indeed interested in all sorts of things, including those...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): The “Name Game” for 100-amp campsites

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electricity – Electrical safety for RVers – Part 2 – Digital meters

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How to use a digital meter By Mike Sokol  Everyone, Here's Part 2 of my No~Shock~Zone 12-part series on RV electricity fundamentals. My plan is to update...

RVelectricity – GFCI testing

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By Mike Sokol This article was originally posted in November, 2019. Understanding and Preventing RV Electrical Damage Copyright Mike Sokol 2010/2019 – All Rights Reserved If you’ve read...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): What are AC and DC power?

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By Mike Sokol Welcome to my J.A.M. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions. If you're a newbie...

RV Electricity – What causes transfer switch burnt neutrals?

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By Mike Sokol Dear Mike, Last fall I had an electrical short in the transfer switch of my motorhome which burned several wires and melted...
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