Lake JB Thomas Topics: How to FIX Boat Dock Shock
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Name:   Wirenut The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   How to FIX Boat Dock Shock
Date:   8/31/2006 2:28:09 PM

I'm a licensed electrician. I had a customer whose dock was shocking him. I had the entire circuit on a GFCI breaker from the panel. Meaning that the circuit was protected from the panel to the dock and at all points in between. I had complete faith in my wiring. The customer was reading this forum and asked me to disconnet the ground as described by Striper Jim. To see if this would solve the problem. I was reading 4 volts from the dock to the water at the time. When I disconneted the ground the voltage dissappeared. I still didn't like the thought of no direct ground for the cicuit, so I hooked up the ground wire supplying the dock to an isolated ground rod that I used to ground the dock. The mysterious voltage did not reappear using the isolated ground rod. I consider this the safest way to fix this problem.
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Boat Dock Shock - Hollywood - 6/28/2006 7:44:44 PM
     Boat Dock Shock - Backwoodsbxers - 6/29/2006 12:22:42 AM
          Boat Dock Shock - Hollywood - 6/29/2006 2:39:45 PM
     Boat Dock Shock - turnipgreen - 6/29/2006 8:45:25 AM
          Boat Dock Shock - Blazer - 6/29/2006 1:52:02 PM
               Boat Dock Shock - Hollywood - 6/29/2006 2:50:15 PM
          Boat Dock Shock - Hollywood - 6/29/2006 2:43:41 PM
               Boat Dock Shock - Handy Man - 7/4/2006 4:14:25 AM
     I had this and found - roswellric - 7/10/2006 9:32:23 AM
          Oh yes.. - roswellric - 7/10/2006 9:34:31 AM
          I had this and found - Hollywood - 7/27/2006 12:44:52 PM
               Dont electrocute the cat... - JUA - 8/7/2006 12:11:36 AM
     How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Striper Jim - 8/19/2006 5:22:03 AM
          How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Hollywood - 8/25/2006 5:59:08 PM
          How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - justalakeguy - 8/28/2006 8:28:30 AM
               How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Wirenut - 8/31/2006 2:28:09 PM
                    How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Wirenut - 8/31/2006 4:31:54 PM
                    How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Striper Jim - 9/1/2006 12:11:14 AM
                         How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Wirenut - 9/1/2006 2:52:17 PM
                              How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Striper Jim - 9/1/2006 5:52:21 PM
                                   How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Wirenut - 9/1/2006 6:59:32 PM
                                        How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Sully - 7/8/2016 11:38:36 AM
                                        How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Sully - 7/8/2016 11:56:19 AM
                                             How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Astro - 7/8/2016 2:10:38 PM
                                             How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Astro - 7/8/2016 2:12:12 PM
                                        How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Sully - 7/8/2016 2:26:46 PM
                                             How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Astro - 7/8/2016 4:04:18 PM
                                        How to FIX Boat Dock Shock - Sully - 7/12/2016 1:33:47 PM


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