exterior outlet is dead, UPDATED PROBLEM FOUND

[dspencer]

First of all my knowledge of electricity is very little. :h The DW and i just bought a new left over 2013 Gray Wolf 26BH about 6 weeks ago. Sunday i was working around the trailer getting ready to go on our firt outting with it next weekend. I went to plug something into the outside power outlet and it's dead. I checked all the fuses and breakers and everything is okay. Also i might add that all the other outlets work in the camper except this one exterior outlet right beside the front door. Anything i might have missed would be appreciated.

[wa8yxm]

Most RV's have a GFCI in the Bathroom.. Sometimes it is somewhere else and sometimes there are two or more.

GFCI outlets have the ability to not only protect a user using a tool plugged into them, but also additional protection to down-line outlets.. kind of like this.

Breaker---GFCI--Protected 2----Protected 3---Protected 4

Well.. The patio is one of those "Protected #" outlets (I have 5 such Bathroom, other bathroom, Dining table, Kitechen and patio.

You may also have a problem with the tool you plugged in or the cord feeding it. (In which case the GFCI did its job and protected you).

[pianotuna]

Hi,

Lighting is usually 12 volt DC, so it has little to do with 120 volt outlets not working.

[dspencer]

rk911 wrote:

dspencer wrote:
First of all my knowledge of electricity is very little. :h The DW and i just bought a new left over 2013 Gray Wolf 26BH about 6 weeks ago. Sunday i was working around the trailer getting ready to go on our firt outting with it next weekend. I went to plug something into the outside power outlet and it's dead. I checked all the fuses and breakers and everything is okay. Also i might add that all the other outlets work in the camper except this one exterior outlet right beside the front door. Anything i might have missed would be appreciated.

I'll bet you have a GFCI outlet in one of the storage bays that has tripped. check carefully. many times a GFCI outlet will be wired with other outlets. if the GFCI trips all other outlets downstream from there will be dead.

I thought about the GFI being tripped, i checked on the inside and nothing amiss there however I did not check for one in the 2 bays. I truthfully don't know if there is one in there or not but i will check. I also hadn't thought about being tied to one of the swithches. I have 2 exterior lights and one switch that controls 2 lights as you walk in the door. I will check these 2 things.

[rk911]

dspencer wrote:
First of all my knowledge of electricity is very little. :h The DW and i just bought a new left over 2013 Gray Wolf 26BH about 6 weeks ago. Sunday i was working around the trailer getting ready to go on our firt outting with it next weekend. I went to plug something into the outside power outlet and it's dead. I checked all the fuses and breakers and everything is okay. Also i might add that all the other outlets work in the camper except this one exterior outlet right beside the front door. Anything i might have missed would be appreciated.

I'll bet you have a GFCI outlet in one of the storage bays that has tripped. check carefully. many times a GFCI outlet will be wired with other outlets. if the GFCI trips all other outlets downstream from there will be dead.

[hedge]

possible tripped GFI? Could it be on a switch?