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Jun 26, 2015

GFCI keeps tripping. Why??

I have a (new to me) small Class 'C' Chateau Citation. The Norcold Model N611LT trips the GFCI every time I plug it into 120V. The fridge works fine when I bypass the electrical receptacle behind it and the GFCI does not trip until I plug the fridge in. It works fine on propane. I've replaced the GFCI and the new one also trips. Spent a couple of hours on it this afternoon and I'm stumped. I'm going to put in a regular receptacle for now since I'm going camping to-morrow morning.. but there has got to be a reason it is doing this. Anyone have an idea what could be causing this?? I won't have wi-fi once I leave to-morrow but I'll only be gone a week and it would be nice to get this resolved. I don't like the idea of having receptacles with no GFCI provisions :(
  • The OP replaced the GFCI and it still trips.
    The heating element in the fridge has developed a short to ground. It's a very common failure and even though the fridge may cool properly, you need to replace the heater.
  • Have you ran a extension chord from the fridge to the gfci to see if it pops if it doesn't then the outlet at the fridge is bad going to ground when you plug into it

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