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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drsteve wrote:Camreal wrote:
Replace it with a standard plug. You have 2 more circuit breakers in line for protection and as said we got away without using them for years.
Bad idea. A circuit breaker and a GFCI protect against different hazards. A ground fault will not trip a traditional circuit breaker, and a ground fault can kill you.
And we didn't get away without using them. People died - many of them children.
I can't help with the OP's dilemma but I saw a similar issue at a construction equipment shop.
It seems they could plug in one or the other dump truck's block heater but not both - IT WAS NOT AN OVERLOADING ISSUE.
Any time they were both plugged in the GFCI would trip during the night.
Finally had to run a new circuit.
