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pcottrell81
Apr 27, 2020Explorer II
dougrainer wrote:
You just joined. You need to post Year/Brand/Model of RV and Brand and Model of the Inverter to get help.
GFCI sense the balance between the WHITE(Neutral wire) and BLACK (Hot wire). When the current is balanced the GFCI transmits 120 power. When there is an Imbalance(You standing in water and have an electric appliance that would electrocute you) The current runs thru you and there is an imbalance of power between White and Hot. The GFCI senses this and trips. There is no such thing as Crappy GFCI's in RV's. Inverters will put out enough Voltage to power thru a GFCI, especially a 2000 watt Inverter. As another poster mentioned, you need to pull the GFCI and make sure the Power IN is connected to the Input of the GFCI and the Output is connected to the output of the GFCI. It will really help to know Model and Brand of your Inverter. Also, are you using the Inverter to power the complete RV when not connected to shore Power? Doug
The gfci plug tests and resets fine on shore / generator, but when the inverter is running it won’t trip it but it won’t reset either if I do test it. I believe everything in the plug is wired fine.
I have an extra gfci plug I guess I could test that, but I do agree it should work.
My other guess is it’s a modified sine wave inverter and does gfci play well with that?
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