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    Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 8:07pm
Looking on my phone so I may have missed the answer. My apologies if I did.

A GFCI will not reset unless there is power to it. If your not plugged in to shore power or a generator it won’t reset.

Ie if you unplugged your trailer from shore power(110v) you can push the reset all you want it won’t do anything.
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Thanks Pod_Geek.  Found the inverter behind a panel on the left where the outdoor kitchen slides in, 12amp breaker was popped.  Smile
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The RP190 inverter switch is up above the breaker panel right when you come in the door.  So I'll start in the break panel area.
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Posts: 260 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 3:45pm
Originally posted by richardb09

Great, where was your inverter located?

Not 100% sure because the dealer had to track it down.  They initially had no clue that there was a breaker on the inverter.  Since the inverter on/off switch is near the microwave I suspect it's in that area.  I would snoop around wherever your on/off switch is (recall that you have a 190 and I have a 195).
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Great, where was your inverter located?

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Posts: 260 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 3:29pm
Originally posted by richardb09

... Is there somewhere else, from the inverter possibly, that feeds the GFCI outlet in the bathroom?


My 195 has a 12-Amp breaker on the inverter that will trip if you hit the system with a 1500-watt space heater cranked up to full power (works fine at 1/2 power).  This is regardless of whether you're actually using the inverter, (I wasn't) as it's a pass-through system.  Found out the hard way.  Once that baby trips you'll have no power to any of the 110 outlets until you reset it.
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I don't know how the new rpods with inverters have the inverters wired, but the outlets aren't being supplied by the inverter are they? A little 1kw inverter isn't going to be able to supply an electric heater and water kettle. 
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Question about the inverter - I plugged in both an electric heater and an electric hot water kettle.  I though OK I tripped the breaker.  Reset all the breakers in the Rpod panel, none were obviously tripped, still no power to any of the GFCI protected outlets.  I then attempted to reset, red button, the GFCI outlet in the bathroom and it would not click in.  The black reset button clicked once and that was it.  I pulled the GFCI outlet and there is no 120V AC going to the Line side.  My 2021 RP190 has a solar panel and inverter.  Is there somewhere else, from the inverter possibly, that feeds the GFCI outlet in the bathroom?
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If you don't have access to AC power, then you will need to plug your tow vehicle's connector to charge your battery. Even better would be to use jumper cables to charge the battery as many trailer connectors are much more limited in the amount of power they can supply. Jumper cables will charge faster in that case. Or, as I stated earlier, solar or a generator.
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+1 to OG, you don't have AC on battery only.
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