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11-19-2018, 08:11 AM
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Help!!!! No power to certain GFCI outlets
Hey everybody please I sure could use some input real quick as I am well away from home. All my interior lights are working but here is my problem. We have a small apartment size refrigerator/freezer plugged in and my husband had a electric coffee maker plugged in; electric deep fryer plugged in; my son was playing xbox; directv was on....then POOF...NOTHING.
He got out the multimeter and started checking outlets. The outlets at the rear RV window is fine..the outlets on both sides of the bed are fine. Using the multimeter at the bathroom sink outlet (which says TEST/RESET) reads 000; outlet inside where toilet is 000; outlets in kitchen/dining room 000.
I am currently plugged into a 50amp shore power at Maxwell AFB FamCamp. I'm checking fuses but they all appear good nothing broken. I haven't checked the fuses at the box on the roadside of rig as of yet because looking at fuse diagram I don't think anything out there works/runs anything in here.
I could really use some help please.
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11-19-2018, 08:27 AM
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Quite often there is a couple of breakers on your inverter. Find it and see if they have tripped.
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11-19-2018, 08:31 AM
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To be clear, your AC power is protected by circuit breakers, not fuses and it sounds like from your post you were checking just the fuse panels, which protect 12 volt power. Start by finding the 110 volt AC electrical panel in your MH and check all the circuit breakers. Even if they look to be in the ON position, flip them OFF and then back to ON. There probably is one that is labeled GFCI or, at least, to the location where the bath/kitchen are located. Also, check the inverter/charger to see if any breakers have tripped.
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11-19-2018, 08:34 AM
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My rig has a GFI (Test/Reset outlet) that requires the inverter to be on to reset it. Turn on inverter, press reset on bathroom sink GFI, see what happens.
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11-19-2018, 08:38 AM
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Quote:
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Quite often there is a couple of breakers on your inverter. Find it and see if they have tripped.
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Thank you. My husband is looking now
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11-19-2018, 08:39 AM
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Quote:
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Quite often there is a couple of breakers on your inverter. Find it and see if they have tripped.
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We're looking for any other breakers now. Thank you so much!
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11-19-2018, 08:40 AM
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The breakers on the inverter are SMALL buttons on the outside of the inverter, that don't always LOOK like they are tripped when they really are.
I'd expect there to be two of them, find them and press them in firmly, to make sure they aren't tripped.
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11-19-2018, 09:34 AM
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Quote:
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Quite often there is a couple of breakers on your inverter. Find it and see if they have tripped.
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Thank you. He found the breaker on the inverter and 2 rods had popped out. He pushed them back in and reset gcfi at bathroom sink. Yeah!!!!!
Thank you all so very much!!!
Friends in the time of need!!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!
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11-19-2018, 09:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ljwt330
To be clear, your AC power is protected by circuit breakers, not fuses and it sounds like from your post you were checking just the fuse panels, which protect 12 volt power. Start by finding the 110 volt AC electrical panel in your MH and check all the circuit breakers. Even if they look to be in the ON position, flip them OFF and then back to ON. There probably is one that is labeled GFCI or, at least, to the location where the bath/kitchen are located. Also, check the inverter/charger to see if any breakers have tripped.
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We did that and found the circuit breaker on the inverter/converter and pushed back in the rods that "popped" out.
Thank you so much for all the quick answers. This is so much a learning experience. Thank God for good friends on this forum. So glad I found you all.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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11-19-2018, 09:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyMac
My rig has a GFI (Test/Reset outlet) that requires the inverter to be on to reset it. Turn on inverter, press reset on bathroom sink GFI, see what happens.
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Thank you. We did that when we found the circuit breaker on inverter/converter had "popped" out. Thank you for your help!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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11-19-2018, 10:07 AM
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Most of us learn the hard way not to overload the inverter circuit. I had additional difficulties as it blew the 300amp fuse in the 12DC line from the coach batteries to the inverter. Never knew there was a fuse and never thought it would blow instead of the 20 AC circuit breaker.
Frankly, I still don't know why.
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11-19-2018, 10:26 AM
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I suppose you already figured it out but you sure had a big load on that circuit. No wonder it popped.
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11-19-2018, 01:11 PM
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And a big THANKS to you and your husband for reporting back that you found and remedied the issue!
Too many times there are requests for help, followed by several options as to how to fix, and we never know the outcome.
Thanks, again, from everyone else who may have a similar problem and can go straight to a known solution after reading this thread.
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11-19-2018, 01:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WorldCat25
Most of us learn the hard way not to overload the inverter circuit. I had additional difficulties as it blew the 300amp fuse in the 12DC line from the coach batteries to the inverter. Never knew there was a fuse and never thought it would blow instead of the 20 AC circuit breaker.
Frankly, I still don't know why.
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I am assuming you were running off the inverter?
20 amps of ac = 200 amps of DC. If you were running off the inverter and had any other stuff running on a different circuit it would happen. This is assuming you are on a 3000 or more watt inverter
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