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11-19-2020, 08:21 PM
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Circuit breaker labels
Trying to figure out what the label FP means. I lost power to microwave and two plugs. Reset the gfci still not working. Circuit breaker is weak and considering replacing. Thanks for any and all help
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11-19-2020, 08:25 PM
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My guess is Fire Place
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11-19-2020, 08:29 PM
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Kanadian Kamper
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My guess is fireplace too......have you got one?
Normally.....microwave units are on their own breaker. Normally.
The GFCI they use are cheap.
Lots of other outlets feed down line of the GFCI.
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11-19-2020, 09:14 PM
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Agree with Fireplace.
If you had posted year, make and model number of RV, we could've checked it out.
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11-19-2020, 09:18 PM
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No fireplace
When I test and reset my GFCI the remainder of my plugs go out. I don’t have a fireplace. Guess that is why that one didn’t come to mind. Any other ideas?
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11-19-2020, 09:25 PM
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ok so I my second guess (or should I say stab) is: assuming GEN means generator, and with two AC's, I'm guessing you're in a Class A...could FP be a fuse to the Fuel Pump used to feed your generator when you're not on shore power?
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11-19-2020, 09:25 PM
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Kanadian Kamper
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With my GFCI......
If it trips, then my outlets close to the water taps in the kitchen, bathroom and outside go out. That’s GFCI safety.
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11-19-2020, 09:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TinyHousers
ok so I my second guess (or should I say stab) is: assuming GEN means generator, and with two AC's, I'm guessing you're in a Class A...could FP be a fuse to the Fuel Pump used to feed your generator when you're not on shore power?
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GEN is short for General as in 120vAC outlets not on the GFCI circuit. The OP only asked about the one breaker — and these are 120vAC breakers, not 12vDC fuses.
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11-19-2020, 09:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saab1001
When I test and reset my GFCI the remainder of my plugs go out. I don’t have a fireplace. Guess that is why that one didn’t come to mind. Any other ideas?
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As I said before, please provide information on your RV.
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and Zoe the Wonder Dog(R.I.P.)
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11-19-2020, 10:16 PM
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11-19-2020, 10:18 PM
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The Gen breaker might be the one then. These are no GFCI as far as I can tell. All the breakers marked GFCI work
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11-19-2020, 10:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saab1001
The Gen breaker might be the one then. These are no GFCI as far as I can tell. All the breakers marked GFCI work
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So sorry... but I’m confused. There’s only one breaker labeled GFI.
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11-19-2020, 11:01 PM
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My power blinked on and off. When that happened I lost all of my plug ins. I reset the GFCI and got a majority of them back but the microwave plug and two additional plugs that I am assuming are non-GFCI plugs do not work. No electricity flowing to those plugs. Checked with a meter. I had an electric heater plugged into one of the plugs. Heard it beep when it turned off when power was lost. Just trying to figure out how to get it back on. I removed the microwave and tested the plug. Dead. The other two are also dead. I thought maybe the breaker was bad. Asked about the fp breaker thinking it might be part of it somehow. The Gen breaker sounds like a more likely culprit. Going tomorrow and try replacing a few of the breakers and see if that fixes the problem.
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11-19-2020, 11:20 PM
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I'm curious about your panel and the labels. It outwardly appears they have both air conditioners on the same leg (side) of your 50 amp main breaker panel....which is not necessarily the norm. I'm trying to ascertain if maybe your panel has the legs wired to every other slot instead of per side of the 50 amp main breakers.
Can you post a pic of the actual circuit breakers that go with the written list, and see if the circuit breakers I have the red lines going to are both 20 amp circuit breakers (as usual for air conditioners)? Thanks
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11-20-2020, 06:41 AM
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At work now but here is one I made last night. Thanks for any help
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11-20-2020, 08:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saab1001
At work now but here is one I made last night. Thanks for any help
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Thanks, some things don't look correct when looking at the actual circuit breaker positions vs the labels (it's the 20 amp circuit breakers that aren't aligning in my mind). Let me research this some more. Does right inside your flip down cover to the distribution panel, does it tell the make/model of this panel?
If you notice immediately to the left and right hand side of your main 50 amp circuit breakers, you have a 20 amp circuit breaker right beside both. As per your labels, that would put the converter and refrigerator on 20 amp circuit breakers.
Then when you move over one more space to the left and right you have 15 amp circuit breakers. According to your labels this would put your GFI and Air Conditioner 2 on 15 amp circuits.
Your converter is usually on a 15 amp circuit while air conditioners are on 20 amp circuits. See why I am doubting the labels on your panel?
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11-20-2020, 08:12 AM
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This picture is sideways. The left side is the top. I am at work so I can’t see the model or manufacturer. This is with the cover removed. It opens from right to left.
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11-20-2020, 08:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saab1001
When I test and reset my GFCI the remainder of my plugs go out. I don’t have a fireplace. Guess that is why that one didn’t come to mind. Any other ideas?
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This makes me think you have 2 GFCI circuits and the 2nd one needs to be reset.
If you have checked EVERY outlet in your rig both inside and outside and do not fine another GFCI outlet then it sounds like a broken circuit.
IE: wire loose at an outlet so the ones down stream are dead.
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11-20-2020, 08:16 AM
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I haven’t been able to locate one. Last night I found these connections. The yellow wire coming out of the bottom one is the wire to the microwave. There is power to some and not others. Not versed in electrical components and never seen these. Photo was turned again. Left is top. This was located behind the television cabinet setup. Took it apart last night. This plug is dead also.
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11-20-2020, 08:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saab1001
This picture is sideways. The left side is the top. I am at work so I can’t see the model or manufacturer. This is with the cover removed. It opens from right to left.
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That still will not change the positions of the circuit breakers and labels to which item.
Here it is oriented as you state. You can just say top and bottom now instead of left and right. The labels still show 20 amp circuit breakers on the refrigerator and converter...with 15 amp circuit breakers on the GFI and Air Conditioner 2.
This just does not seem correct.
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