Electrical issue
On at least three occasions, after running something in the RV, we will go to plug something into an outlet, and it is not working. Once we do a reset on the GFI thing on the bathroom plug, the plugs ...
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mslater wrote:
my wife is big on hitting the "TEST" button on the gfi without knowing it , which will trip it out
We had the same problem when my wife was plugging or unplugging the hair dryer in the bathroom. Since that GFCI controlled several other outlets, including the ones the TV, satellite receiver, and WiFi router are plugged into, it was pretty annoying at times. To resolve the problem, I bypassed the bathroom GFCI so the rest of the outlets were no longer affected by it. Since some of the remaining outlets do require GFCI protection per the NEC, I replaced the next outlet in the string with a new GFCI. That outlet gets little use, so accidentally tripping it is not a problem.
