HELP Please
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mexicoruss
Lovin it in RP!
Check the breaker that feeds the gfi it is probably separated on the electrical bus from the other circuits
Have Genaro call Lorenzo, he's an electrician........
Or Tom McCracken. He's an American living there with an RV repair business
Roberto
Guest
What do you mean by "It went out". GFI won't set? No power ever ? What does the GFI service?
Genaro has Lorenzo's number. Tom has his business card tacked on the board outside the PDO office......
Roberto
Guest
If it does not trip after unplugging everything, plug stuff in one at a time until it trips again. the last one you plugged in has a short. If it does trip after unplugging everything there is a short in a connection somewhere, requiring some more exploration probably by an electrician. Are you sure nothing else is controlled by the GFI?
playaperro
El Pirata
Check your main ground wire leading into the box. I would get rid of the gfi for now..
InkaRoads
cronopiador
in your post you mention all the outlets in the trailer, are all those GFI, usually GFI are within 6 feet of any water source, which in a trailer means all outlets are about 6 feet from water, now the questions is are all the outlets GFI's? if they are then to test if they are all connected when one trips all of them should trip too, if that is the case then you need to isolate the bad one by reseting all the GFI outlets and then plug a light and turn it on, one outlet at a time and the bad one will trip when the light is plug and turned on, once you find the bad one then all you need to do is change that one only, however if there are more to be tested then reset the GFI again and continue testing the one that needs it, if another is bad then you know you need to change more than one.
Wood Spinner
Guest
Go to ACE Hardware and buy a plug in tester with 3 lights and check the outlets with it. It may indicat there is a problem with an outlet wireing
Check the wires in the main breaker box and make sure they are all tight. By all I mean the ones on the breakers and on the ground bars. Then if there is still a problem pull the outlets out of the wall boxes and make sure the wires in them are tight. It could also be in the pedestal you pluged the RV into. Have the park check all of those connections for loose wires.
Check the wires in the main breaker box and make sure they are all tight. By all I mean the ones on the breakers and on the ground bars. Then if there is still a problem pull the outlets out of the wall boxes and make sure the wires in them are tight. It could also be in the pedestal you pluged the RV into. Have the park check all of those connections for loose wires.
rockyptjoe
Guest
I had a problem years ago with the GFCI in my trailer....everytime it got super humid at night in Penasco (which is most of the summer months), moisture got into the outlet on the exterior of the trailer, even with the spring loaded cover....and it would pop....then I had no electric in most of the trailer. I replaced it, still no go.....SO....now I don't have a GFCI.....