Open Ground question
Hi all, I have been having a problem with plugging into the shore power at our storage facility. They have all circuits run through GFCI outlets on the pole. When we plug in and we are not running any...
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Tom/Barb wrote:ScottG wrote:
Of course you have an open ground. Your ground isn't supposed to be bonded and none of that matters anyway. A GFCI doesn't trip because of an "open ground".
Somewhere, you have a leakage to ground. Could be a wet outside receptacle, bad fridge heater *even if it works fine) or water heater or even a bad microwave (rare). I would unplug the appliances and see if the fault remains.
If that was his problem, plugging it at home would pop the breaker.
not unless his breaker at home is a GFI breaker. not real common especially on a 30A 120V circuit. low current leakage to ground does not make a normal breaker trip.
