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mgronbeck30
Explorer
Jul 12, 2015

20 Amp House circuit will not power camper, generator will

Hello, I"m new to the forum, hopefully someone is able to help me out. I purchased a 2003 Keystone Hornet last fall and tested the electrical on the lot using my inverter generator, its only a 2000w ...
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BB_TX
Nomad
Jul 12, 2015
The GFCI will trip due to a fault in the 120 vac system, not the 12 vdc system. The GFCI compares the current flowing into the hot pin to the current flowing out the neutral pin. If there is more than something like 5 milliamperes difference it will trip. Likely you have a neutral to ground fault somewhere. A hot to ground fault will usually (but not always) trip a breaker.

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