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RVelectricity: Check for dangerous RV hot-skin with new dual-range detector

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By Mike Sokol I've had a lot of questions from RV Travel and RVelectricity readers about feeling a shock from your RV when plugged into...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Can I get shocked from an RV that’s not plugged in?

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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...

RVelectricity – Shocked when touching your RV? This is a deadly serious problem. Do something!

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, Spring is here, and with it I've received a bunch of emails and postings on my RVelectricity Facebook page about readers...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike: Can I build a “SoftStartRV”-type controller for cheap?

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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...

RVelectricity – Scam Alert on Magic Air Conditioners

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, As part of my continuing effort to help you avoid electrical gadget scams, here's an interesting one that was emailed to...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Accidental reversed polarity adapter

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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...

RVelectricity – Cool trailer plug storage option

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, I saw this trailer plug storage option on another forum last week, and thought it was such a good idea that...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Scam Alert: Is there really an electricity “cleaner”?

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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...

RVelectricity – Can I use my RV generator for emergency power in my house?

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By Mike Sokol Dear Mike, After being caught at home (Texas) with no electricity during a winter storm, I got to thinking about how I could...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Dog-bones for springtime RVing

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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...

RVelectricity – Spring has sprung, along with campground pedestal dangers

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, I can tell that spring has nearly sprung because I'm getting a lot of chatter on my various groups and forums...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Geeks having fun with arcs and sparks…

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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...

RVelectricity: A tale of solar generators and sock puppets…

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Dear Mike, Someone on the RV Quilter FB forum asked about using a solar generator and sewing with a Singer Featherweight sewing machine. It’s 100-110...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Another electric space heater fire

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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...

RVelectricity: How to install a 30-amp RV outlet at home

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, I received this inquiry (in the Comments section of RVtravel.com) from Cory. He's wondering about installing a 30-amp RV outlet on...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): How dry I am – Don’t let your RV battery explode!

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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...

RVelectricity – Ask the Expert webcast on SoftStartRV, and future webcasts

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, I've tried this type of webcast two times already, and they've been a huge success with the manufacturers and you (the...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): How to fix an open ground problem with a generator

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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...

RVelectricity – How much battery power is required to make an espresso or cappuccino?

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, I've had a number of email inquiries about the boondocking power requirement while running on batteries, and one that I found...

RVelectricity – Review of Mike’s popular Lithium battery chargers webcast

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, My "Ask an Expert" live webcast on Lithium battery chargers with Dennis Wieske from Progressive Dynamics last Tuesday evening on YouTube...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Switching/lifting batteries, saving your back

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By Mike Sokol REMINDER: I'm presenting a YouTube Livestream event with Dennis Wieske from Progressive Dynamics this Tuesday evening, February 2, at 8 p.m. EST...

RVelectricity – Watering flooded cell batteries; comparing RV batteries

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, For those of you who think I'm fixated on Lithium batteries, let me assure you that I'm an equal opportunity instructor....

RVelectricity: Livestream event on Lithium battery charging announced

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, You (the people) have spoken. Last week I published a guest essay by Dennis Wieske from Progressive Dynamics, one of the...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Feel the heat – Staying warm in your RV

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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...

RVelectricity – Potential problems of upgrading to a Lithium battery

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, I'm going to do something a little bit different in this column. I'm going to introduce one of my colleagues to...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Please get a meter kit. Here’s why

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This week I explain why it is essential for every RVer to get a meter kit. One reason is so that if you have...

RVelectricity – What is a GFCI nuisance trip?

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I need your assistance If you didn't participate in this poll (from last Saturday) previously, would you please vote now to help me gather information...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Don’t let your connections corrode

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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...

RVelectricity – How to diagnose a hot-skin voltage

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, A few days ago this message showed up on my Facebook RVelectricity Group about getting shocked while touching the RV and...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Why surge protectors and GFCI outlets don’t mix

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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...

RVelectricity – Are there 150-amp pedestals?

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By Mike Sokol Hi Mike, Love your newsletters and thank you so much for your hard work! My wife and I have been full-timing in our...

RVelectricity: Readers’ top 5 questions on running air conditioner from batteries

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, Today I’m going to reach into my mailbag to answer the top 5 questions I’ve received in the last month about...

RVelectricity: Short video on easily finding a short circuit

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, Last month I published an article about tracing short circuits in DC wiring without blowing a bunch of fuses. That turned...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): One battery tender for two 12-volt batteries?

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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...

RVelectricity – Readers’ Q and A’s from November 2020

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By Mike Sokol I'm getting a lot of interesting questions from my readers, many of which are on my RVelectricity Facebook Group. Here are a...

RVelectricity – Hughes Autoformer testing – Part 3

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By Mike Sokol Disclaimer: Hughes has not offered to pay me for this test, and I neither asked for nor received any compensation. But Hughes...

RVelectricity – Do I need a surge protector on an inverter generator?

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, I've written a number of times about the reasons for using an advanced (Total Electrical Protection or EMS) surge protector on...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): How is my RV grounded?

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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...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Generator bonding basics

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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.): Charging batteries with a tender

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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...

RVelectricity – It may be time for SmartPlug upgrades

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, As most of us are winding down the camping season and mothballing our RVs for the winter, now is a great...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Water heater woes…

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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...

RVelectricity: Power adapter overview – What works or doesn’t work?

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, I just received this picture from Chuck Woodbury, who wondered if I had covered that sort of RV hookup already. The...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Appliance power usage update

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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...

RVelectricity power principles further explained

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, Here's a two-fer (or possibly three-fer) article for you where I combine a few of my previous articles on 50-,...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Avoid space heater danger: What you need to know – Part 2

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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...

RVelectricity – Get your RV ready for winter maintenance

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, Watch my new SoftStartRV installation video HERE. Since the camping season is just about over, I'm including some tips and gadgets that...

RV Electricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): My WAG chart on solar panels and air conditioners

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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...

RVelectricity – Updates on Hughes Autoformer, Dometic 12-volt fridge, SoftStartRV on a solar panel

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By Mike Sokol Dear Readers, I've been working on several unrelated testing projects over the last few weeks, but don't have enough new data on any...

RVelectricity – Just Ask Mike (J.A.M.): Important generator carbon monoxide reminder

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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...
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