Trailer is tripping a GFI in my garage....
I have a 2012 Dutchmen trailer that I keep plugged into the side of my garage. Normally not its a problem but it has begun to trip a GFI plug in my garage. I have narrowed it down to one circuit bre...
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smkettner wrote:
And I thought the GFI simply tripped when the current differential between Hot/Neutral exceeded 5 mA.
Right on. Just enough diverted current to cause a slightly painful tingle in the finger.
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GFCI monitors the amount of current flowing from hot to neutral. If there is any imbalance, it trips the circuit. It is able to sense a mismatch as small as 4 or 5 milliamps, and it can react as quickly as one-thirtieth of a second.
So let's say you are outside with your power drill and it is raining. You are standing on the ground, and since the drill is wet there is a path from the hot wire inside the drill through you to ground (see How Power Distribution Grids Work for details on grounding). If electricity flows from hot to ground through you, it could be fatal. The GFCI can sense the current flowing through you because not all of the current is flowing from hot to neutral as it expects -- some of it is flowing through you to ground. As soon as the GFCI senses that, it trips the circuit and cuts off the electricity.
