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mikeb77
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Jul 31, 2016

110 volt electrical problems

i have a 2006 24' Gulf Stream King Sport trailer and this week have had an electrical problem that showed up out of the blue. i had my trailer plugged into the house like normal to get the fridge cold and when i checked the fridge the next day it wasn't running of power and was trying to run off of the propane. i noticed that the breaker in the house was tripped where the trailer was plugged into. same plug i have always plugged into. i checked the breaker in the trailer and a 15a breaker was tripped as well. after some narrowing down, i found it seems to the be the breaker that controls the receptacles that are not GFI. there is a seperate GFI breaker that controls all GFI receptacles that is working fine. i have turned off all breakers in the trailer, turned the breaker on in the house and one at a time turned on the breakers in the trailer. everything was good until i got to the receptacle breaker then it would trip in the trailer and in the house. the reason the fridge wasnt running on power was because it is plugged into a receptacle. does anyone have any suggestions on what i should check first? wasnt such a big deal this weekend because the fridge runs fine off of propane, but kind of a pain in the butt not having the plugs. and i did try plugging the fridge into and extension cord and into the house and it ran fine. any help would be great.
  • You should hear it humming if it is running, and will stop humming when you shut off one of the breakers.

    You can also look around where it is and see if it is plugged in behind the wall, and pull that plug.

    Recently I followed a circuit that had the fridge, counter plug, and the converter on the same circuit. I pulled the converter and it worked.
  • please forgive me, but i am VERY new at the trailer thing. how would i know if it is on a separate circuit?