Hope everyone is having a good year so far. The problem is that when it is plugged in to "my house" or the generator, it throws the GFI, in my house or generator. It does not trip any of the breakers inside or blow any of the fuses on the inside. I bought this used. My buddy who I bought it from who had it for about 10 years, was in a very bad car accident, needless to say he can't help me with it. I pulled the oven out to get a look at where the main power cord come in. I just bought all new breakers to put in. I don't know how old the ones that are in there are, but I thought I would start there. The thing that has me baffled is, it doesn't throw any of the breakers or fuses in the camper. It trips whatever I am plugged into, the house or generator. I appreciate any help on this. Gonna try to post pictures.

AC goes to a converter on most TCs that also charges the battery. My guess is there is a short on those connections. I'd look there or in the plug or where the cord connects to the converter.

It is the GFI outlet. The neutral and ground on many older RV's are 'bonded' which is causing the trip.There are plug adapters available that will ether bond or unbond depending on needs OR the simple solution is to not use a GFI outlet.- Mark0.

You have a ground fault. Most common suspects are the fridge, water heater, converter or a wet outside outlet. Try unplugging the appliances (don't just flip breakers) in turn to see if one of them is the cause.

If it works fine when plugged into a non GFI receptacle then you know it's a bonding issue.

Thank you everyone who has responded. The thing is that I have always plugged it into the GFI outlet after I come back from a trip and into the generator while camping and never had this issue. We went out to the desert over this past Christmas and New Year's. Nothing out of the ordinary happened. About 3 weeks ago I was getting it all cleaned out and ready for another trip next month and this happened. What I failed to mention yesterday. As you know it has 3 breakers in it. The main/AC (30/20), the General Purpose (20/15) and the converter (20). The GFI doesn't trip until I flip on the "main" (30/20). Like I said I bought all new breakers. Again, I so appreciate any and all help on this. I would like to post pictures, but I don't see the attachment tab.Bruce

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sapperb
Explorer
May 07, 2023
So to add from yesterday. The short was tied to the "Microwave" breaker. So he followed the wires come off the breaker and one was the weird wire configuration of the one for the water tank temperature thermostat. We disconnected it and zero issues. No GFI breakers or anything tripped, and we kept it plugged into shore power the rest of the day. I put it all back together today and no issues. Working on installing the new converter/charger. It will be situated in the fridge. More to follow on that. Again, I want to thank everyone for the help.
Bruce
sapperb
Explorer
May 07, 2023
sapperb
Explorer
May 07, 2023
Ok,
Thanks everyone. Well my buddy showed and about an hour into it, we/he found that the thermostat for my water heater was bad. We fixed that and everything was back to normal. We are working to put in the new converter/charger. More to follow. Pictures will be posted..
jimh406
Explorer III
May 04, 2023
sapperb wrote:
Hope everyone is doing good. My " electrical" buddy is coming Saturday. This is priority. I will let you all know what happens. Again, thank you everyone.
Bruce

Good luck. I hope the install goes really well.
sapperb
Explorer
May 04, 2023
Hope everyone is doing good. My " electrical" buddy is coming Saturday. This is priority. I will let you all know what happens. Again, thank you everyone.
Bruce
sapperb
Explorer
Apr 20, 2023
Stircrazy,
Ya roger. My electrical buddy is coming up 6 May. Priority is to find out the issue is. If it ends up not being the converter/charger, this one that I got from Mike will be going in regardless. I will find a spot to make it fit!! Thanks again.
StirCrazy
Moderator
Apr 14, 2023
sapperb wrote:
BIG SHOUT OUT TO Greenno (Mike). You are a rock star. Thank you so much, again.
Bruce

thats awesome, I have a couple WFCO's laying around but friends don't let friends run WFCO converters haha..

seriously thought that is a great converter, it won't fit into your old spot, but you can mount it behind it if there is room, beside it in the bottom of a cabinet or whatever and just rerun the wires.
greenno
Explorer
Apr 14, 2023
My pleasure Bruce.
That was quick I just dropped it off yesterday afternoon.
sapperb
Explorer
Apr 13, 2023
BIG SHOUT OUT TO Greenno (Mike). You are a rock star. Thank you so much, again.
Bruce
sapperb
Explorer
Apr 11, 2023
3 tons wrote:
greenno wrote:
Sapperb I responded to your PM. Let me know.
It’s boxed up and waiting for your shipping info.
Just cover the shipping like I said.

Heck, that’s truly one heck of a deal :) !!

3 tons

I just sent you my info.

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