GFI trips at home when trailer plugged in
Today I plugged my trailer in at home in preparation for a trip, to charge the batteries. The GFI in the garage was tripped. I turned off all the breakers for 120V in the trailer and it still tri...
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robber6 wrote:
I know that on boats twist on connectors are not allowed by code because they can fail due to vibration and banging around. What do you all do with the connections on trailers?
Those twist on connectors (wire nuts) don't work very well with the finely stranded wire used in the power cords, so I'm not surprised that the problem was where you found it.
The wire connectors of choice for that application are crimp 'butt splices' which must be installed with the correct tool.
