Help Please? Power cord trips GFI
Hi! We are brand new and very "green" RV'rs. Just purchased our first MH, Monaco Dynasty 2007. We parked it for the first time in storage today and went to plug in our 50 amp to 30.dogbone>15 dogb...
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Francesca Knowles wrote:
There's nothing in the O.P.'s threadstarter that indicates a GFI's involved...
It was stated "they tripped the outlet". As doughere stated, outlets don't trip due to overload - only short circuits.
doughere provided the best information.
If it pops/trips instantly it is more likely a short rather than an overload. Overloads take a bit of time depending on the magnitude of the overload to heat the thermal trip elements. GFI is instantaneous.
To the OP:
You are obviously using a conventional 15/20 amp extension cord for the last connection to the GFI. Are you using a 3 wire and are all the prongs are present and working?
Yes it is possible when the "automatic" cord was replaced it might have been installed/wired incorrectly and causing the trip of the GFI.
