This week on the RV podcast.

The chassis, the skin, the body, all of the things can become energized with up to 120 volts AC if there's a failure in the grounding system.

And what that means is if you're standing on the dirt and you go touch the skin of your RV or the door handle or the hitch or your tow vehicle,

that can actually cause your heart to go into fibrillation.

At the very least, you can receive a good shock and get knocked out, but at the most, you can die from it.

It's a real danger you can't see hidden electrical faults and bad power connections at campgrounds.

What the industry is doing to protect you.

In its stunning reversal, General Motors abruptly cancelled a highly anticipated technological advancement,

leaving a top RV manufacturer and dealers reeling.

Older temps mean mice are looking for a new zip code, and your RV is on the map.

Protect your investment and your sanity before they move in

we'll tell you how all this plus the RV news of the week and your questions coming up in episode

571 of the RV podcast and hello everybody I'm Mike Wedland this is my lifelong traveling companion

and my bride, Jennifer.

And it does feel like it's been lifelong.

What does that mean? A long time?

We have been on the road together back now in our Michigan home now from a 5,000-mile trip over the past, what, almost nine weeks.

Nine weeks that took us through 12 states. And it's nice to be back,

but it's cold here in Michigan. That's a little chilly. It's that time to winterize our brinkly,

and we're going to be celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas with friends and family before

hitting the road after the first of the year. and a lot of snow is expected this winter,

so we're sure that winterization will be needed during our downtime.

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