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Explorer

Jul 04, 2019

low voltage in receptacle

I had a power strip catch on fire..Nothing was plugged into it but the strip was turned on...lucky I was in the rv when it happened or all would have gone up in flames...It tripped all gfi and a circuit breaker..It also blew out my convertor...Now on the receps at the refrig and convertor shows 41 volts...The fridge went to gas and I am afraid to plug it back up to see if it works on elec...Why do I have 41 volts on those two recept?? Thanks for any replys

Lwiddis
Explorer II
Jul 04, 2019
And salsa?
pianotuna
Nomad III
Jul 04, 2019
Would you enjoy some fried converter with your eggs?
newman_fulltime
Explorer II
Jul 04, 2019
Old-Biscuit wrote:
Don't see how a AC circuit tripping due to a short would damage converter

Does the GFCI reset?
Did you reset the tripped Circuit Breaker?

Check that you have 120VAC going to MAIN Power Panel
Check that you have 120VAC coming from each individual circuit breaker (load side of breakers)

My bet the converter is on the gfci curcuit and is still not reset correctly
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Jul 04, 2019
Don't see how a AC circuit tripping due to a short would damage converter

Does the GFCI reset?
Did you reset the tripped Circuit Breaker?

Check that you have 120VAC going to MAIN Power Panel
Check that you have 120VAC coming from each individual circuit breaker (load side of breakers)
2oldman
Explorer II
Jul 04, 2019
10 demerits