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wa8yxm
Sep 06, 2016Explorer III
You said several things and failed to say one thing.
You said you had an electrician install something
You said it trips the breaker in the house
You did not say GFCI..
By code, an outdoor outlet (up to 20 amps) must be GFCI protected and in some places a 30 amp as well.. So far 50 amps' need not be GFCI.
IS THE BREAKER IN THE HOUSE a GFCI.. if so it will have a button marked TEST on it. pressing this button will trip it.
Many RV's do not play nice with GFCI outlets. there are many reasons for this, sometimes it is the converter, Some will trip a GFCI if the batteries are low, Others when they are full up, others any time, others never.
Other times the problem is somewhere else.
You said you had an electrician install something
You said it trips the breaker in the house
You did not say GFCI..
By code, an outdoor outlet (up to 20 amps) must be GFCI protected and in some places a 30 amp as well.. So far 50 amps' need not be GFCI.
IS THE BREAKER IN THE HOUSE a GFCI.. if so it will have a button marked TEST on it. pressing this button will trip it.
Many RV's do not play nice with GFCI outlets. there are many reasons for this, sometimes it is the converter, Some will trip a GFCI if the batteries are low, Others when they are full up, others any time, others never.
Other times the problem is somewhere else.
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