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okcnewbie · 01-02-2018, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Road-Chi

..... Anybody have any ideas what is happening with the inverter? Does the inverter produce a different type of AC then shore power or with the generator? Suggestions please?

My inverter generator caused problems until I made an Edison plug. I just leave the plug installed in one of the 120VAC outlets.

Quincy · 01-03-2018, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by twinboat

With some of the wiring in my MH, I wonder if they follow the NEC.

NEC requires a wire support within 8" of a junction box. I don't see any wire supports, anywhere in my MH. Maybe that's because the don't use junction box's in my MH.

There is a RVIA code that they follow.

That wire support is within the wall as in a house where the wires must be stapled or anchored in some way to the stud close to the J box.

Quincy · 01-03-2018, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by okcnewbie

My inverter generator caused problems until I made an Edison plug. I just leave the plug installed in one of the 120VAC outlets.

Hey okcnewbie, how did you make an Edison Plug? And why do you think that made a difference?

okcnewbie · 01-03-2018, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Quincy

Hey okcnewbie, how did you make an Edison Plug? And why do you think that made a difference?

This pretty much explains it;

Generator Ground-Neutral Bonding | No~Shock~Zone

Forkyfork · 01-03-2018, 09:42 AM

A GFCI looks for the current flowing from hot to neutral. If there is a .4-.5 milliamp difference it will open the circuit i.e. 1a being drawn off the hot side but .5ma less showing up on the neutral side this shows the electricity is going somewhere unexpected so it opens the circuit.

I was almost driven insane when I got my MH. The GFCI in the hall kept tripping and would take out all the outlets on that side including the 2 outdoor outlets.

The brick and mortar house GFCI would trip anytime we plugged in the rig to the houses outdoor outlet.

So...the one on the rig ended up being moisture getting into the outlet on the outside wall. I reseated with butyl tape it and it was fine. It would dry out and work for a bit then spazz out the day after it rained.

The one on the brick and mortar house. Could be a combination of things. Right now it works as long as we don't have any lights on when we plug it into the house. I changed out to a better extension cord, replaced the dogbones with one 50a to 15a dogbone. Found the 30a to 15a dogbone had been melted at some point. It wasn't me because I don't run more than a few amps when its plugged in to 15A. Since the one on the house is fine after plugging in with no load I'm not concerned. Ive been told GFCIs don't like having MH plugged into them.

Dougjpr · 01-03-2018, 08:32 PM

If the OP changed a GFCI recept for a newer GFCI recept and there was no tripping issue before, then I doubt that there is any issue with the inverter.
As mentioned in some previous posts, the problem is most likely in the GFCI device. You may want to try a cheap unit as it may not have issues with the modified sine wave, the more expensive device may be more sensitive to the supplied voltage. Although it is not issues on the supply side of the device that will cause it to trip, it’s the load side faults to ground that cause GFCI’s to trip.
As for the fact that the new device is a 20A device is no issue. The factory wiring will be sized to the breaker protecting the circuit, so you are safe on the overload issue