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Hello all. Just made the jump from my Lance camper, which I loved, to an Alliance Paradigm 310RL. It's a beautiful rig. The day after bringing it home, I was going over the electrical system. It h...
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Be happy to explain why your wrong about GFIs needing a "ground reference" to work and trip.
They operate to save your life from an electric shock by constantly comparing the current flowing in the hot and neutral wires. If there is more than a 5-milliamp difference between the 2 wires it trip. They don't need any type of "refence to ground" they just monitor amperage in the hot and neutral wire to be sure they are within .005amps of each other.
I'm not your typical armchair expert (retired master electrician) What is your training in the electrical field if I may ask?
Note the last sentence in the first paragraph of "how do they work"
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https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/099_0.pdf
They operate to save your life from an electric shock by constantly comparing the current flowing in the hot and neutral wires. If there is more than a 5-milliamp difference between the 2 wires it trip. They don't need any type of "refence to ground" they just monitor amperage in the hot and neutral wire to be sure they are within .005amps of each other.
I'm not your typical armchair expert (retired master electrician) What is your training in the electrical field if I may ask?
Note the last sentence in the first paragraph of "how do they work"
.
https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/099_0.pdf
