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Matt_in_AZ
Explorer
Feb 15, 2017

2-Way Refrigerator now pops shore power breaker

I think I may have damaged my 20 year old Norcold 2-way refrigerator. I was doing some wire-feed welding using one of the 10 gauge extension cords that I use as an RV extension cord. For some du...
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Chris_Bryant
Explorer II
Feb 16, 2017
It almost has to be a gfi problem- the refrigerator has a 5 amp fuse on it that would pop first. Try it on a non-gfi outlet. If everything works, the panel gfi is bad (look closely at the neutral connection before replacing though). If everything works but the trailer gfi pops, the heating element on the refrigerator is bad.

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