Converter causing a ground fault trip.
My son's camper has a 30 amp converter/charger that causes the ground fault breaker on the campground post to trip. It has also caused other ground fault breakers to trip. I worked at tracing out ...
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Did you shut off all the breakers on the converter and turn them back on again?
Those breakers on the converter visually look ok but in my experience many times they don't trip all the way. 'Especially' the gfi breaker because they are tripped so much.
Also I would check the gfi breaker on the converter and/fuse to that breaker.
Shore stations and the gfi's are notorious for being bad due to the use they get. Before I ripped out the converter I would either put a 50 adapter on and plug into that outlet or run an extension cord to another shore station to see if the problem still exists.
Check the output on the converter itself and LEAVE the tester on after it reaches what output it should have to see if it keeps increasing. I had a converter go rogue and exceed that amount and it was cooking my batteries. Had a bad capacitor.
Those breakers on the converter visually look ok but in my experience many times they don't trip all the way. 'Especially' the gfi breaker because they are tripped so much.
Also I would check the gfi breaker on the converter and/fuse to that breaker.
Shore stations and the gfi's are notorious for being bad due to the use they get. Before I ripped out the converter I would either put a 50 adapter on and plug into that outlet or run an extension cord to another shore station to see if the problem still exists.
Check the output on the converter itself and LEAVE the tester on after it reaches what output it should have to see if it keeps increasing. I had a converter go rogue and exceed that amount and it was cooking my batteries. Had a bad capacitor.
