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| So my hubby de-winterized our lq trailer tonight and when he went to open the door it shocked him. It only does it when it's plugged in, but none the less needs to be fixed. Anyone have any experience with this? Any idea what might be causing it?
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Location: In my own little world | Mine did this one weekend and it was my electrical cord. Got a new one in short order because everyone within a 2 mile radius of the barrel race heard my dog squeel as he was the one that got shocked! |
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  Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | I would think this could be a very dangerous situation. Please get a professional look at this TODAY if possible. |
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Location: Opelousas, LA | I have heard of horses killed when they contacted the skin of a trailer with this issue. Don't remember what causes it but you are very lucky to have found it before some one got hurt. |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | check your ground wire...............and as posted above, try a different cord
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Barnmom - 2014-04-23 9:02 AM I have heard of horses killed when they contacted the skin of a trailer with this issue. Don't remember what causes it but you are very lucky to have found it before some one got hurt.
Yes....this happened in Iowa....check your ground plug on your power cord....ASAP.....electricity is nothing to mess around with! |
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 Hugs to You
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | Has the cord been altered, as in the ground part of the plug was taken off? They are meant to be on there for a reason.
Most of the time this happens, it is the cord. |
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 BHW Resident Surgeon
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | RWR says: "I'll bet her hubby cut off the ground prong on the power cord." |
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Location: North Texas | HotbearLVR - 2014-04-23 12:29 PM
RWR says: "I'll bet her hubby cut off the ground prong on the power cord."
I would believe RWR to be correct. |
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Location: Florida.. | In Wellington, Florida it happened a whole team of polo ponies.. tied to trailer .. All killed instantly. it was rainy that day as well.
Edited by Bibliafarm 2014-04-23 2:01 PM
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| We had it happen with ours when we decided to plug it in the night before to get the fridge cold with a regular orange cord attached to the camper cord. Plugged it in with the heavy duty camper cord and never had the problem again. The regular orange cord just wasn't heavy duty enough. So we went and spent $75 bucks on a heavy duty black camper extention cord to keep it from happening again if we needed a longer cord! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-04-23 7:33 AM I would think this could be a very dangerous situation. Please get a professional look at this TODAY if possible.
I agree this is very dangerous, and can kill your horses, I know of one that was killed this way... |
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Location: California | Sounds like a fulty cord or ground wire. None the less, get someone who is very familiar with electrial work to look at it. I too have a friend who lost a horse that was tied up to their trailer. They went to unlock the door to their LQ and felt a shock. Went back around to the other side where their horse was tied and it was dead that fast! |
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| Thanks everyone! We're 100% aware that this is a serious issue and I promise it will be tested repeatedly before we take our horses anywhere near it. Hubby will work on it when he gets home, but I'm betting it is our power cord (that a few of you mentioned) because if I remember correctly I think it was a bit frayed right around the plug, and it was raining yesterday when it shocked my husband so that would make it worse for sure!
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll update later with what we find! |
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| This is why I call all LQ's unsafe ... they are not required to follow any RV or Travel Trailer rules and any yahoo can put one together. Very seldom will you find individual breakers for each piece of equipment in an LQ ... just one master breaker ... and the wire is usually simple house wiring with no double coating on the wire to protect against rubbing or vibration rubbing a hole in it ...
A house extension cord should never be able to plug into a LQ if they used proper 30 amp plugs which match your breaker boxes total power ... and should be on the land power you plug into and not a cheap house plug in ..
RULE #1 ... TURN YOUR MAIN BREAKER OFF IN YOUR LQ WHEN CONNECTING OR DISCONNECTING YOUR HEAVY DUTY 30 AMP RV EXTENSION CORD INTO THE ELECTRIC BOX PROVIDED FOR AC POWER ..
WHY?? ... The spark that is generated with equipment on in your LQ including ghost users such as anything that has a remote .... can melt and bend your plug to the point it will short the trailer out or kill you .... 110Volts is more dangerous than 220 volts ... 110v will not let you turn loose from it and is not strong enough to knock you away from it ... SO BE SAFE TURN OFF YOUR MAIN BREAKER BOX INSIDE YOUR LQ..
ANOTHER LQ PEEVE ... you ladies are always complaining about LQ's tying horses butt to butt with your horses and creating a safety or frustration problem .....
EVER WONDER WHY ... THEIR STUPID LQ DOOR IS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRAILER ... IT IS ON THE LEFT SIDE AND OPENS INTO TRAFFIC IF STOPPED ON A STREET OR HIWAY OR INTO YOUR FACE ... .. notice that trailers with tack/dressing rooms all have their doors on the right side of the trailer and look at travel trailers and RV's and you will only see right sided entry doors .... Where do LQ owners tie their horses .. on the left side .... where do tack room trailer owners tie their horses on the right side ... butt to butt... lol
Only solution for happy parkers at a barrel race .....>> is for the LQ's to park along side of each other and the poor people park on the back row together ... lol ...
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2014-04-24 1:56 AM
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Location: Oklahoma | My LQ trailers have entry doors on the curb side. I buy them that way. |
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| dianeguinn - 2014-04-28 5:47 PM
My LQ trailers have entry doors on the curb side. I buy them that way.
What brand of trailer do you have ... LQ's are built with the doors on the left side so they have more cabinet space etc on the inside ... |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| I know the older exist we haul in is a left sided entry...but I distinctly recall checking one out at BRF that was right side . No idea why I recall that exactly, but maybe manufacturers are getting smart |
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Location: Here | BARRELHORSE USA - 2014-04-28 6:11 PM dianeguinn - 2014-04-28 5:47 PM My LQ trailers have entry doors on the curb side. I buy them that way. What brand of trailer do you have ... LQ's are built with the doors on the left side so they have more cabinet space etc on the inside ...
Edited by SG. 2014-04-28 7:29 PM
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| My trailer door is on the right also!! |
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