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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wnjj wrote:DrewE wrote:
I don't think code ever allows 20A receptacles to be on a circuit with 30A overcurrent protection, GFCI or none, multiple receptacles or not. You would need to have a 20A breaker or fuse to limit the current to the receptacle. The only case I'm aware of where you may have receptacles that are rated for less current than the breaker or fuse is that it's permitted to have more than one 15A receptacle on a 20A circuit, but that's a special case in the code (and a very commonly used one at that).
I read the various posts to mean there's a 30A "main" breaker upstream feeding more than one box but with each of the boxes having a 20A GFCI breaker for the 4 local receptacles.
Re-reading the posts, I believe you are correct and I misunderstood the setup. In this case, I'm glad that I was getting it wrong.
