Ground fault when I plug into 120 v outlet
I have no problems when plugging into a campground 50 amp outlet or when running off the generator, but when I plug into the 15 amp, 120v outlet at my storage lot I open the ground fault breaker at th...
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Just de-winterized the rv before this trip. Turned on the electric water heater. After 30 minutes or so my wife says, still no hot water. SLAP IN THE FOREHEAD MOMENT. You guessed it. I forgot to take the heater out of bypass mode. Switched to gas. Went down and disconnected the white wire to check for continuity. Don't know why. I knew it was open.
I'm thinking, the water heater element could not possibly cause the ground fault, since it was turned off in two places and the white wire was disconnected. I just proved to myself again that there are (almost) no such thing as coincidences. This could not be related to the ground fault problem.
Wrong!! Leaving the black wire attached to the grounded heater element created the ground fault.
Wnjj: you are on the right path.
I learned the lesson about the heater element and the empty water heater about 20 years ago. If this lesson lasts another 20 years I'll be 95 and probably be eating spoon fed pablum.
I'm thinking, the water heater element could not possibly cause the ground fault, since it was turned off in two places and the white wire was disconnected. I just proved to myself again that there are (almost) no such thing as coincidences. This could not be related to the ground fault problem.
Wrong!! Leaving the black wire attached to the grounded heater element created the ground fault.
Wnjj: you are on the right path.
I learned the lesson about the heater element and the empty water heater about 20 years ago. If this lesson lasts another 20 years I'll be 95 and probably be eating spoon fed pablum.
