Electrical Problem

THE FINAL FIX:
I checked the connections on all the outlets, and all were good.
I replaced the one for the fridge, as it was severely rusted.
No power.

So I called in an expert. He check the GFI and found that it was wired incorrectly. Even though I had wired it just like the old one. Turns out it was a different type of GFI with different wiring.
Once he did this, everything was up and working.

So in the end, my GFI had gone bad, and I wired it incorrectly.

Problem solved.

Thanks for the help guys

Water in the patio outlet should trip the GFCI, it should not trip or even affect the SURGE GUARD (The model Camping World sells) Water in the SURGE GUARD however will shut it down.. If you have to ask how I know that .. Well, then I can't help you :) (I know people who would have to ask and there is no hope for them.. Still we try.. But i have to stop here cause it gets political).

I figured out how to keep water OUT of my Surge Guard plug in model.

One thing I will say about it.. We have had many "power blinks" here in the park,, This is wher epower goes out for like one second,. Just long enough to kick the heck out of our Air Compressor Condensers, causing them to try to re-start with a full head of pressure (not possible) and tearing them up (Enough of those and new A/C's installed, just under a kilo-buck, and I'm haveing to replace one for DIFFERENT reasons just now, Compressor works, nothign to compress).

The Surge Guard I have shuts me down for nearly 3 minutes when this happens, the computer in the A/C holds off a bit longer when power comes back. The total is just OVER 3 minutes of Compressor Off.. Three Minutes is the recommended minimum OFF time so... It's a normal re-start, no excess head pressure... Results..

Well as I said, The compressor is still good... IT's got nothing to commpress (Unit died of other causes, not heart failure) (I nearly died of heart failure (but got it fixed) however).

Thanks guys.
I am at a park hooked into 50 amp
I have one of those $500 surge, low voltage protectors from camping world hooked up.

This circuit has been an issue on and off since I bought the RV.
It trips once a week on average and if I get get the RV washed while plugged in, it will trip. I think water is caused a short on the outside where the fridge plugs into the outlet.

I will check all the outlets next to make sure some of the wires have not come loose.

Kming.

You lost one side of the RV. Is your rig a 50 amp? is it plugged into 50 amp or 30 via an adapter.
First part of this applies only to 50 amp RVs
Check park outlet and breaker.. Most people think that those dual ganged breakers both trip at the same time. NOT TRUE. it is possible to trip one without tripping the other.
Outlet may have "lost" one connection as well

50-30 amp adapters often drop one of the 50 amp legs as well. Try a different adapter.

You can also have a screw loose.. Mine was on the power INLET for my 50 amp RV, along with several in the circuit breaker box.

Auto Transfer Switches can do it as well.

Next This applies to ALL Rv's

If you have an inverter there will often be either A: A curcuit breaker or two on the inverter that may have tripped (There was a woman here once who had the same problem you have. She thinks I'm some kind of wizard.. I reset the tripped breaker, that's all, anyone could have done it). Sometimes the inverter feeds a SUB panel, (mine does) I do not, however, suspect an inverter in your case.

Screws loose in the breaker box can drop one side, the other side, or specific items (A/C's in my case)

Are you connected to shore power on 50 amps? If so, it is possible that one leg of the shore power is missing. Check the park outlet to see if it has power to both legs.

On our previous MH power to fridge was daisy chained off the outside outlet. Found that outlet burnt and cracked when we lost AC to fridge.

GPWayne wrote:
Breaker on your inverter? Mine has two, one for some outlets each side.
DW keeps using the microwave with a space heater running.
(Power feeds through the inverter even when on external power)

x2 on this being the first thing I would check.

Power distribution to outlets is usually daisy chained from the breaker out to the multiple outlets. A loose hot or neutral at an outlet will dump power to anything further down stream just like a GFI loop. I would start pulling outlets and check the hardware for a tight fit. Also check the neutral line. You actually could have power present but if the neutral is open you won't have current flow so be careful you don't become the return path. Also check the neutral hardware in the breaker panel.

A very useful tool that will help speed your efforts is a non-contact voltage tester. Won't tell you how much power is present only that something is there. $15 or so at you favorite big box store.

Breaker on your inverter? Mine has two, one for some outlets each side.
DW keeps using the microwave with a space heater running.
(Power feeds through the inverter even when on external power)