GFCI Tripping
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Topic: GFCI Tripping
Posted By: CarlB
Subject: GFCI Tripping
Date Posted: 15 May 2019 at 10:21am
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Just got an 2018 179. Has anyone experienced tripping of a GFCI outlet where you plug in the Campers power cable? At first I thought it was due to a real long extension cord run, but I moved the camper and now just have a 25' heavy duty cord connect to the shore power cable, and it trips this GFCI outlet as well as soon as I plug it in. It even does it with all circuit breakers in the load center (including the 30AMP main) shut off.
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Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 15 May 2019 at 10:39am
It sounds like maybe a ground fault in the cable or in the connector on the rPod. Do you get the GFI trip with the cable unplugged from the rPod? If not then clean off any dirt, moisture, or corrosion on both the connectors on the cable and on the Pod and try it again.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold
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Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 15 May 2019 at 11:09am
+1 to Offgrid. GFCI breakers usually trip for exactly that; a ground fault. Make sure your cord is good, then check the shore power outlet to verify that the power, neutral and ground are proper. Occasionally, I have seen the actual GFCI be at fault.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost
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Posted By: Danielw1
Date Posted: 15 May 2019 at 9:16pm
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The gfi may very well be bad. You may have a ground fault condition but I would guess that the gfi just doesn’t like the load of the convertor. Try a non gfi outlet. I’ve had my 30A rv plug trip the breaker just upon connection. May be a fault of the convertor, there is no other 120v load that should be present when simply plugging in.
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