Help!
We have just returned to caravaning after a 25 year break we are slightly shocked after our first trip out.
On arriving at our alloted pitch we were amazed to find that we were to be positioned directly under overhead power cables; as we were at the end of a line of similar positioned caravans we assumed this was normal. However on lowering the corner jacks and assembling the awning poles we soon realised something was not right as were getting a very uncomfortable strong tingling sensation when in contact with anything metal.
We contacted the site reception and received a different pitch with the advice that everything would be OK once the electric hitch-up was connected as we would then be earthed!
This was on a popular site with several awards.
Is this normal acceped practice? What are the safety implications? What would be the implications if I had a pacemaker etc?
On returning home I tried to investigate further by contacting the Health and Safety Executive. Their advice was to contact the local environmental agency who futher advised me to contact the electrical utlity company responsible for the power lines. Both said they would follow this up and ring back. Needless to say nobody has!
Does anyone know the safety implications of receiving an induced shock?
We have just returned to caravaning after a 25 year break we are slightly shocked after our first trip out.
On arriving at our alloted pitch we were amazed to find that we were to be positioned directly under overhead power cables; as we were at the end of a line of similar positioned caravans we assumed this was normal. However on lowering the corner jacks and assembling the awning poles we soon realised something was not right as were getting a very uncomfortable strong tingling sensation when in contact with anything metal.
We contacted the site reception and received a different pitch with the advice that everything would be OK once the electric hitch-up was connected as we would then be earthed!
This was on a popular site with several awards.
Is this normal acceped practice? What are the safety implications? What would be the implications if I had a pacemaker etc?
On returning home I tried to investigate further by contacting the Health and Safety Executive. Their advice was to contact the local environmental agency who futher advised me to contact the electrical utlity company responsible for the power lines. Both said they would follow this up and ring back. Needless to say nobody has!
Does anyone know the safety implications of receiving an induced shock?