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...
Forum Discussion
BB_TX wrote:There are a lot of paths to ground. They all include a fault. If a person (or anything else) becomes a path to ground the GFCI will detect the leakage and trip the power off. Ground is anything except the intended path of electricity.
I guess that is where I was losing it. The OP stated he did not have a ground at his power cord leading to a floating ground in the RV. And being an RV there is no other normal path to ground. But later posts stated a ground was not required to detect a neutral to ground fault in a GFCI. And I was lost from that point.
