Having trouble understanding GFCI problem
I have my MH in a storage lot with low capacity electrical hookup for battery charging. Three of us are hooked into one box. After the initial bulk charge for a few seconds mine drops off to below ...
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road-runner wrote:Harvard wrote:Just for debate's sake, if the stray capacitance were balanced, there would be equal leakage between hot-ground and neutral-ground. Exaggerated, you could leak a full amp on both sides and not trip the GFCI. As I type this, I'm agreeing with you more and more, because I've never seen the leakage to be exactly equal, with more being ground-neutral than ground-hot. So agreeing with you, I'd place my bets on the imbalance being heavier between neutral and ground.
Personally, I would suspect the GCFI to be faulty IF IT DID NOT trip with the 3 RVs. But then that is just me and my stray capacitance theories. :)
Yes, the stray C is balanced BUT the VAC across the two is very different. The HOT wire is 120 VAC to GROUND while the NEUTRAL is almost 0.0 VAC to GROUND. Which one is going to have the most leakage current? The HOT, IMO.
