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Old 01-24-2021, 01:12 AM   #6
Borismkogan
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Hurricane 29M
State: Washington
Posts: 33
THOR #21575
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Originally Posted by 16ACE27 View Post
This is a common problem. You are tripping the GFCI, not the breaker. Breakers trip on overcurrent.

So the real question is: Why is the coach tripping the GFCI? Because not all the current going out the hot leg is returning on the neutral leg, some is being shunted to ground. This may be due to an actual ground fault (like a screw piercing a hot or neutral conductor) or because some ignorant person tied the ground and neutral lines together in the coach.

Opening all the breakers on your AC power distribution panel will tell you if the former is the problem if it stops the tripping. Then you just need to figure out which circuit has the fault.

Tracing connections with an ohmmeter will help you track down the latter issue.

Couldn’t wait and went back to the coach and tried your suggestion. Opened all breakers and when I plug in the 110v gfi breaker on my storage space receptacle still trips.
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