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ausdoug
Mar 18, 2007Explorer
This morning I put the new heater that was tripping the GFCI breaker back into the heater sleeve and powered it up. it was heating for maybe 15 minutes when I left for church. When I got back it had tripped the kitchen breaker. The heater was still slightly warm to the touch. So, I reset the breaker and tired it again and it ran about 5 minutes and tripped. I reset the breaker again and it tripped within couple of minutes. I repeated this again and it tripped the breaker.
When the heater is warm or cold it still reads 44.2 ohms resistance.
I've pulled it out and will call rvmobile tomorrow and see if they will ship me a new one.
If I put my meter on one lead and the other on the heater house, I get no continuity.
I believe it was Tim who said I might have a slight fault that is triggering the GFCI. I expect if I were to bypass the breaker it would heat the refrig.
My old heater doesn't have a problem.
Thanks for all of the posts.
When the heater is warm or cold it still reads 44.2 ohms resistance.
I've pulled it out and will call rvmobile tomorrow and see if they will ship me a new one.
If I put my meter on one lead and the other on the heater house, I get no continuity.
I believe it was Tim who said I might have a slight fault that is triggering the GFCI. I expect if I were to bypass the breaker it would heat the refrig.
My old heater doesn't have a problem.
Thanks for all of the posts.
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