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bighornram · 09-29-2011, 08:55 AM

Quite simply, can you plug into a GFCI protected shore power outlet?

When we brought our 3400RL home for the first time, I plugged into our 15 amp GFCI protected outside receptacle on the house. (My Wildcat was OK with this connection). The Montana trips the GFCI on the house. I'm not exceeding the 15 amp load, nothing is running. I did as suggested in a different post regarding this issue, starting with all breakers off in the trailer, turning one on at a time. Doing this I can have all breakers on and the converter breaker causes the fault. I relayed this information to the dealer who contacted Keystone. They replaced the converter. I plugged into the outlet when I got it home and it still trips the GFCI on my house. I have also verified the outlet on the house is ok, can't rule out weak though. The trailer trips another GFCI protected circuit from my house also using the same cabling. I have had a 30 amp RV outlet installed which works fine.

Mainly I'm wondering if anyone CAN plug into a 15 amp GFCI protected outlet withOUT tripping it.

Thanks

09-29-2011, 08:55 AM	#1
bighornram Montana Fan Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Farmington Posts: 283 M.O.C. #11619	GFCI Shore Power Connection Trips Quite simply, can you plug into a GFCI protected shore power outlet? When we brought our 3400RL home for the first time, I plugged into our 15 amp GFCI protected outside receptacle on the house. (My Wildcat was OK with this connection). The Montana trips the GFCI on the house. I'm not exceeding the 15 amp load, nothing is running. I did as suggested in a different post regarding this issue, starting with all breakers off in the trailer, turning one on at a time. Doing this I can have all breakers on and the converter breaker causes the fault. I relayed this information to the dealer who contacted Keystone. They replaced the converter. I plugged into the outlet when I got it home and it still trips the GFCI on my house. I have also verified the outlet on the house is ok, can't rule out weak though. The trailer trips another GFCI protected circuit from my house also using the same cabling. I have had a 30 amp RV outlet installed which works fine. Mainly I'm wondering if anyone CAN plug into a 15 amp GFCI protected outlet withOUT tripping it. Thanks