House GFCI Tripping with MH Main Breaker Off

[Mded40]

eddy current losses and I squared R losses can be present even when then device is off because of imperfect insulation and close proximity to iron or magnetic material creating a leakage path to ground, although they are very small they add up when when you have a long string of gfci circuits in series.

[clifford j]

In a perfect circuit all current flow will be balanced between the 'hot' and 'neutral' what goes out on the hot an equal amount must return on the neutral conductor. If leakage occurs and some current flows to ground the GFCI will detect that. I believe the leakage level for tripping is 5 ma.

CLIFFORD

[Revconguy]

Originally Posted by janelewbill

When I built my RV Garage in 2014 I installed GFIs on both 50 amp RV outlets. Had trouble with both in that they would both pop randomly. After losing about $250 worth of meat in my freezer because of one of those random pops, I replaced them with non-gfi breakers in 2015. No problems since.

My experience shows that freezers don't particularly get along with GFCI outlets. I've no end of troubles with multiple NEW freezers tripping GFCI outlets. Only non gfci-protected circuit in my home is for a freezer.


...Rev

[Daveallnight]

First of all is the GFCI you are plugging into mounted on the outside of your home? Moisture tends to invade these and makes them more sensitive. There are newer outlets designed to be mounted outside, I always mounted a GFCI indoors and series it with the outdoor outlet.
Dave

[awol50]

Plug your RV into a non GFCI in the house.