Lost power to GFI outlets and fireplace

ohiobill · 02-13-2016, 06:44 PM

Suddenly lost power to GFI outlets and fireplace this morning. All other outlets working ok. Checked circuit breakers and none were tripped. Gfi finally would reset. Later today, lost power to Same outlets, gfi will not reset with everything unplugged. No tripped circuit breakers. Anyone have any ideas as to what to check?

Iggy · 02-13-2016, 07:03 PM

Bad GFCI if it has problem resetting or something else on the circuit shorting out the circuit such as the fire place.
It also can be anything plugged into that circuit that is going bad.

But one thing is odd. I thought the fireplace was on its own dedicated 15 amp circuit breaker and not on a GFCI circuit.

ohiobill · 02-13-2016, 07:22 PM

Thanks Iggy. According to the power panel, the fireplace does have its own circuit.??? When I was able to rest GFI this morning Fireplace resumed working. I'll change out GFI outlet tomorrow to see if that corrects problem. BTW this is a 2011 378.

Iggy · 02-13-2016, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ohiobill

Thanks Iggy. According to the power panel, the fireplace does have its own circuit.??? When I was able to rest GFI this morning Fireplace resumed working. I'll change out GFI outlet tomorrow to see if that corrects problem. BTW this is a 2011 378.

I have a 2011/2012 378TS also.
By any chance have you possible plugged the fireplace in the wrong outlet below the TV? I know it can easily happen and you plugged it into the GFCI circuit instead.

conceptumator · 02-14-2016, 02:01 PM

Do you have an outside outlet? If so, even high humidity can trip a GFI if it's a bit weak.

Lostdog · 02-14-2016, 02:52 PM

We have the same rig as you do. Check in the cabinet under the TV and you should find one duplex outlet and one single outlet. Ensure your fireplace is plugged into the single outlet as it is the only outlet on the 15 amp circuit breaker labeled "fireplace".

Now for the GFCI. We full time and we have had to replace the GFCI in the bathroom twice already. They do go bad, especially when you use a big amp draw appliance on them repeatedly. And we do...called a space heater. Let us know what you find.

Malabarbob · 02-14-2016, 03:06 PM

We replaced our Mirada GFI for the same reason. Turned out it was a loose neutral wire.

ohiobill · 02-14-2016, 03:50 PM

Update: Turned out it was a bad breaker on the RV Parks power pedestal. Everything fine now. This morning I switched to the 30 amp outlet and all my power was restored so I suspected that might be the issue.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

**Mr. Dan** · 02-14-2016, 04:52 PM

... and thank you for reporting the solution to your issues. We like final solutions!

Sent (I think)

Rupkin2 · 02-14-2016, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ohiobill

Suddenly lost power to GFI outlets and fireplace this morning. All other outlets working ok. Checked circuit breakers and none were tripped. Gfi finally would reset. Later today, lost power to Same outlets, gfi will not reset with everything unplugged. No tripped circuit breakers. Anyone have any ideas as to what to check?

The day before I was to bring my trailer in for trade I had this issue.
Long story short, I just purchased a new GFI. $10-$15.?

John

johnruff · 02-14-2016, 08:43 PM

How timely was this. I lost power to all my GFI outlets last night around 9:30. it was a littel scary - things were flashing off and on, then okay for a couple of hours then flashing again then okay. I was turning off everything - luckily i have stuff on power strips and it was easy to do but I had to unplug my heaters and it was 28 degrees last night. I was up until 5 AM trying to figure it out and finally fell asleep -- up at 0800 to start figuring it out. All power was great then and everything working . Alas 1000 hrs came and it was all gone and stayed gone. I packed everything up, put away the DTV dish and got readt to take it to the dealer - but the heat worked, the lights worked, the refgerator work, the vent hood worked so this was frustrating. No tv, no internet except the RV park and then I saw this forum article. Replace the GFIC - nope, put in the 30 amp to 50 amp and hooked up and hooray!!!!! I will call the park office tomorrow and get them to replace the breaker.. Thanks To all on this forum. Made my Valentiene's day although I spent all day getting things ready to haul everything in to the Dealer - would I have felt really dumb.

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