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Re: The Official unofficial CPE 2000i Generator Thread
professor95 wrote: rens27 wrote: I'm running two of these units stacked. When my rooftop a/c starts up it trips the GFCI outlet in my galley. I put a volt meter on that outlet and it shows a drop to 96 volts when the a/c starts. My a/c requires 25 amps to start and I'm at 3100+ feet of elevation. I also turned off my battery charger and it did the same thing. Once it is running (14 amps while running) everything seems to be fine. Any advice on what I can do to avoid this? CPE suggested a hard start capacitor but I'm interested to see if there are any other options out there. I am in agreement with Wayne. Since the A/C and galley outlet should not be sharing the same circuit - meaning there should be NO current load on the GFCI from the A/C, I would do the following as a first step: Check for a bond between the neutral and ground with the RV unplugged from any power source. There should NOT be any bond between the two. If there is, find the problem and correct it. If the no-bonding checks out as being correct, then replace the GFCI outlet with a new 20 amp rated unit . How do I check for a bond between the neutral and the ground?441Views0likes0CommentsRe: The Official unofficial CPE 2000i Generator Thread
I'm running two of these units stacked. When my rooftop a/c starts up it trips the GFCI outlet in my galley. I put a volt meter on that outlet and it shows a drop to 96 volts when the a/c starts. My a/c requires 25 amps to start and I'm at 3100+ feet of elevation. I also turned off my battery charger and it did the same thing. Once it is running (14 amps while running) everything seems to be fine. Any advice on what I can do to avoid this? CPE suggested a hard start capacitor but I'm interested to see if there are any other options out there.441Views0likes0Comments
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