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176turbodiesel 
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Joined: 09 Jul 2017 Location: NY Online Status: Offline Posts: 15 |
 Topic: No power from GfciPosted: 04 Jul 2020 at 2:02pm |
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ARG.
Out camping and the gfci controlling all the outlets won't reset. I pulled the old one out and put the new one in paying attention to the load side (2 wires) and the line side. New one is also not resetting. Is it possible there is a problem with the converter? Also I am running off battery only. |
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 04 Jul 2020 at 2:34pm |
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If you're running on battery only than you have no 120VAC power and none of your outlets will work. You have to be plugged in to have AC. The converter only converts 120Vac to 12Vdc, not the other way around.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 04 Jul 2020 at 2:55pm |
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+1 You need an external source of AC power such as a generator or shore power for the outlets to work. CONverter = AC to DC power INverter = DC to AC power. Unless you have one of the new 'Pods with an optional inverter installed, there is no way you can get the outlets to work on battery power. Even so, you would need some form of power input (e.g. solar) to charge the battery/batteries or you will very shortly wind up with a dead battery.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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lostagain
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Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 04 Jul 2020 at 3:29pm |
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If you are trying to plug into AC and trip the GFI and it won't reset, you may have a ground fault somewhere. That would explain why the replacement GFI didn't work either.
Your converter, as mentioned by OG and SH, converts the AC to DC to charge your batteries in the DC system. If you can't get the AC to work, you can temporarily charge the batteries with an automotive battery charger so you can finish your trip, but that still leaves you with no AC.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 04 Jul 2020 at 5:12pm |
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+1 to OG, you don't have AC on battery only.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 04 Jul 2020 at 6:29pm |
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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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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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richardb09
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Joined: 13 Oct 2020 Location: CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 14 |
Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 2:55pm |
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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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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 3:20pm |
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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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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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Pod_Geek
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Joined: 04 Dec 2019 Location: Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 259 |
Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 3:29pm |
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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richardb09
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Joined: 13 Oct 2020 Location: CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 14 |
Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 3:38pm |
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Great, where was your inverter located?
Rich |
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