GFCI and an Open Ground
Given: A 120 VAC GFCI supplying power to a 30 AMP RV. The RV has one problem, the 3rd Prong Ground wire at the 30 AMP plug is not making connection. (The RV chassis is floating because there are no ot...
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I had a GFCI episode inside the RV that turned out to be the white wire going into the back of the GFCI receptacle having a cut in its covering, farther back before getting to the receptacle, so some copper was showing. This copper was touching the metal box the receptacle was in, and that metal box was of course "grounded" with the usual bare copper wire for that.
Once I found that cut and got it all proper, no more GFCI popping from that cause. The receptacle was ok, it was that white wire touching a grounded metal part behind it.
If that metal box were not "grounded", would the GFCI still pop?
OR --if there is no ground, how can you have a "ground fault"?
Once I found that cut and got it all proper, no more GFCI popping from that cause. The receptacle was ok, it was that white wire touching a grounded metal part behind it.
If that metal box were not "grounded", would the GFCI still pop?
OR --if there is no ground, how can you have a "ground fault"?
