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Arnrod172
Explorer
Aug 14, 2016

GFCI or Breaker Location. Help needed!

Howdy y'all!
I just purchased my first RV on 08-02 and I am needing some assistance, so I think I tripped a breaker on the refrigerator for my 3610re big horn. I'm not getting any electricity to the 120vac outlet in the back.

I've troubleshooted by flipping all the breakers in my control panel as well as the 50 amp shore breaker outside off and back on. Reset GFCI breaker in bathroom and I've checked all the fuses as listed in the dometic operator manual and fusebox they all work. I just can't seem to find current to that outlet on the back of the fridge.

Am I missing something? Any and all help is appreciated.

After work I might try to check the outlet wires to make sure they're not fryed.
  • rockhillmanor's avatar
    rockhillmanor
    Explorer
    Aug 18, 2016
    GFI outlets get tired and need to be replaced because they (we) trip them so much in RV's.

    I reset my GFI after it tripped and the reset button was in the correct position but no power. The GFI itself was bad. They can look like you have reset them form the outside of the plate but they aren't and need replacing.

    On the flip side I had one gfi functioning and all the wires were burnt and started on fire in the inside! And the power never went down. Just the symptoms of a tired GFI that needs to be replace.
  • minnow's avatar
    minnow
    Explorer
    Aug 18, 2016
    I agree with rockhillmanor; check the GFI outlet, then check to see if a circuit breaker in your panel is bad(can be the same symptoms as the GFI outlet - looks OK and trips fine but is not). That is easy to do, just take a good breaker from the breaker box and swap it with the suspect one.

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