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Hello, Can someone tell me why when I plug my electric candle warmer in, in my RV it does not work properly? I bring it home and it works fine. Thank you Jody
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csamayfield55 wrote:Michelle.S wrote:
Question: Is the Candle Warmer just a 2 prong plug? And is it possible that the items that do work are 3 prong? If so it could be an open Neutral on that outlet. Just a thought since generally somewhere the Ground a Neutral are usually tied together.
DING DING DING!!!! I bet this is the answer right here!
She said that if she plugs in something else it works. That tells me it has power but is not feeding through the neutral leg but is going from hot to ground.
You really should have one of these in your RV. It is cheap and very useful.
receptacle checker
BTW, a candle warmer is a little dish that warms candle wax up without burning to let the aromatics out ( OK, I just had to give up a man card for that!!)
Chris
This is not a likely answer at all. Neutral and ground are only tied together (bonded) at the main panel. If neutral and ground are connected together in a device or elsewhere, that is a ground fault and a dangerous situation. No appliance with a standard three-prong 120V cord should have neutral and ground tied together.
If the neutral were open, three prong devices would fail to operate just as much as two prong devices would fail to operate.
Possibly the outlet is loose and the candle warmer's plug isn't making contact while other plugs are shaped or bent slightly differently and are making contact. Possibly other things were plugged into other outlets in the RV. Possibly the GFCI has tripped and the candle warmer outlet is protected by it.
