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    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 at 3:54pm
2016 r pod 179.

None of my outlets are working. I am plugged into my house. The lights work, the fridge works. The GFI will not reset. Is there an actual fuse or breaker box anywhere? I have combed the interwebs and I am at a loss. Getting it to a shop is a 3 hour drive, so if I can figure it out, that would be grand.
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The breaker panel in the 179 is under the cabinet on the right hand side just inside the entry door. Check to be sure all the breakers in there are on and stay on. 

If they do but the gfi won't reset you might have a ground fault somewhere. Do any of the appliances (microwave, a/c. fridge on AC) work properly?
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There is normally more than 1 GFI outlet. Make sure you check all around the kitchen, and the bathroom for Gfi outlets to reset
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Since you have power to some items, but not to all (GFI tripped), the answer is forward of the auto-breaker and the panel has power.

Issue is now panel and forward. 

If all breakers are not tripped, then I'd be looking directly at the GFI in question. Being you can not reset the GFI (and nothing is plugged into it). Check the inlet (power from the panel) side with your multimeter. If it reads correctly, the GFI needs to be replaced.

Not unheard of for a GFI to give up the ghost..
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On my 176 there is only one GFDI outlet but it controls all other outlets in the Pod, including the hidden ones for the microwave and fridge.  If it won't reset, either you have ground fault, which you should be able to find by unplugging everything.  If the GFCI resets then, plug things back in one a time until it pops again. 

As Olddawgsrule said, sometime the GFCIs go bad and have to be replaced.  Happened to me.  Not a big DYI project.

BTW, the things you say are working are 12v powered (unless the fridge is on 120v).

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micro, fridge and lights are working. Thank you for letting me know where the panel is. I wish that we had old school owners manuals.
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I can only locate oner GFI, under the bed. The kitchen outlets are not GFI.
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Everything is on 120 right now. Thank everyone for the tips. I'll get on it tomorrow.
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I can't check my 2019 179 now (it's in storage) but as I remember the outlet on the right side of the kitchen is a GFI and as I think that the outlet in the back side of the refrigerator which it is plugged into is a GFI but if your refrigerator is operational on 120 that is a mute point.  Just pointing out that there maybe another location for a GFI outlet and I believe that only the refrigerator is plugged into that outlet.
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Posts: 1452 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Jan 2020 at 7:39am
Originally posted by aoibheall

I can only locate oner GFI, under the bed. The kitchen outlets are not GFI.

One GFCI outlet can protect every other outlet on the circuit.  The kitchen outlets are downstream from the GFCI outlet and are therefore protected by it.  If you have a ground fault on one of your kitchen outlets, the button will pop on the GFCI outlet and everything will go off.

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