sapperb
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Hope everyone is having a good year so far. The problem is that when it is plugged in to "my house" or the generator, it throws the GFI, in my house or generator. It does not trip any of the breakers inside or blow any of the fuses on the inside. I bought this used. My buddy who I bought it from who had it for about 10 years, was in a very bad car accident, needless to say he can't help me with it. I pulled the oven out to get a look at where the main power cord come in. I just bought all new breakers to put in. I don't know how old the ones that are in there are, but I thought I would start there. The thing that has me baffled is, it doesn't throw any of the breakers or fuses in the camper. It trips whatever I am plugged into, the house or generator. I appreciate any help on this. Gonna try to post pictures.
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jimh406
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AC goes to a converter on most TCs that also charges the battery. My guess is there is a short on those connections. I'd look there or in the plug or where the cord connects to the converter.
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mbloof
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It is the GFI outlet. The neutral and ground on many older RV's are 'bonded' which is causing the trip.
There are plug adapters available that will ether bond or unbond depending on needs OR the simple solution is to not use a GFI outlet.
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ScottG
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You have a ground fault. Most common suspects are the fridge, water heater, converter or a wet outside outlet. Try unplugging the appliances (don't just flip breakers) in turn to see if one of them is the cause.
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greenno
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If it works fine when plugged into a non GFI receptacle then you know it's a bonding issue.
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sapperb
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Thank you everyone who has responded. The thing is that I have always plugged it into the GFI outlet after I come back from a trip and into the generator while camping and never had this issue. We went out to the desert over this past Christmas and New Year's. Nothing out of the ordinary happened. About 3 weeks ago I was getting it all cleaned out and ready for another trip next month and this happened. What I failed to mention yesterday. As you know it has 3 breakers in it. The main/AC (30/20), the General Purpose (20/15) and the converter (20). The GFI doesn't trip until I flip on the "main" (30/20). Like I said I bought all new breakers. Again, I so appreciate any and all help on this. I would like to post pictures, but I don't see the attachment tab.
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jimh406
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There isn't any attachment tab. You can use this website to post photos. http://photoposting.is-great.net/?i=1
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BigSwick
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It might also be a bad GFI outlet or breaker. try a non GFI to see what happens before you tear into it.
Or try the generator to see what happens.
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mkirsch
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BigSwick wrote:It might also be a bad GFI outlet or breaker. try a non GFI to see what happens before you tear into it.
Or try the generator to see what happens.
Says it happens with shore power or the generator.
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sapperb
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BigSwick wrote:It might also be a bad GFI outlet or breaker. try a non GFI to see what happens before you tear into it.
Or try the generator to see what happens.
Well the GFI it plugs into, into the house are new. It also trips the GFI on the generator. I will try a non--GFI outlet and see if something, a breaker trips inside the camper. Thank you.
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