Help with fridge refrigerator electrical issue
Hi Folks,
I have a "new to me" bus conversion, built on a 1992 Flxible Metro. This is not a professional conversion but as a 30yr member of the construction industry I can tell you for the most part it is very well done and seems to follow most RV guidelines. My problem is with the fridge.. When I purchased the bus it had only a very small, AC only fridge. I remodeled the galley area and installed a used Norcold 1200LRIM, the fridge came from a trusted source and was functioning fine in Feb of this year, all recalls have been attended to. Last night, I hooked everything up and discovered an electrical problem. The fridge immediately trips the GFI, both in the coach and on the pole (it's currently plugged into just a 15 amp breaker with a 30 amp to 15 amp adapter). The trip occurs as soon as the plug hits the outlet, even before the fridge is turned on. Here is the strange part, the fridge works just fine on AC with the generator running. I have not tried to run it on propane yet but do hear that the igniter is activating. Everything else in the coach works fine, and the AC has run off this shore power plug many times with no issues so I don't think that it is a power problem. Any ideas what I should look for? Possibly a wiring issue in the shore power plug but seems unlikely since everything worked fine without the fridge plugged in. I've read several posts concerning failed heating elements but that also seems unlikely as the AC side of the fridge appears to be functioning normally under generator power. Help!?!?
I have a "new to me" bus conversion, built on a 1992 Flxible Metro. This is not a professional conversion but as a 30yr member of the construction industry I can tell you for the most part it is very well done and seems to follow most RV guidelines. My problem is with the fridge.. When I purchased the bus it had only a very small, AC only fridge. I remodeled the galley area and installed a used Norcold 1200LRIM, the fridge came from a trusted source and was functioning fine in Feb of this year, all recalls have been attended to. Last night, I hooked everything up and discovered an electrical problem. The fridge immediately trips the GFI, both in the coach and on the pole (it's currently plugged into just a 15 amp breaker with a 30 amp to 15 amp adapter). The trip occurs as soon as the plug hits the outlet, even before the fridge is turned on. Here is the strange part, the fridge works just fine on AC with the generator running. I have not tried to run it on propane yet but do hear that the igniter is activating. Everything else in the coach works fine, and the AC has run off this shore power plug many times with no issues so I don't think that it is a power problem. Any ideas what I should look for? Possibly a wiring issue in the shore power plug but seems unlikely since everything worked fine without the fridge plugged in. I've read several posts concerning failed heating elements but that also seems unlikely as the AC side of the fridge appears to be functioning normally under generator power. Help!?!?
