Ed_Gee wrote:
Evanford1992 wrote:
Replying to ScottG, I am not very good with electrical problems so how would I determine if it was an exterior outlet that got wet and tripped versus the GFCI just going bad?
She was using the blow dryer amd microwave as it blew which makes me think it was something going bad rather than water outside the rv although it was raining last night.
Between the blow dryer and microwave oven alone, you could easily trip a 30A breaker somewhere.....especially when you add in the current being used by other lights and appliances. I’d start by ensuring you still have shore power getting to the coach. I suspect you have a breaker tripped rather than a GFCI outlet issue.
Tripping a GFCI has nothing to do with overloading it. You can run enough current through it to melt it down to a pile of plastic and it wont trip its GFCI.
You should be able to run those two items at once if they're not on the same circuit.
OP, with a 30A service you can run two large loads at once but no more. They cannot be on the same circuit in your RV's breaker panel though.
If you pull the GFCI out, it will have two sets of black and white wires - one set at each end. One end will have the word "load" embossed in the plastic housing or a sticker saying the same. Disconnect the black and white wires at that end.
If you can then reset the GFCI, there's something down the line tripping it.
If it still wont reset, it's defective.
In fact, before you do anything, go to the back of your fridge and unplug it (DONT just turn it off).
If the GFCI resets, the fridge's heater is bad (even though it functions)
