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Old 08-20-2021, 08:04 PM   #1
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Gfci tripping
The gfci in my garage trips when I connect my apex 245bhs to shore power with all the trailer breakers off.

I tested outlet in the garage with a tester.

Any help would be great
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Old 08-20-2021, 08:40 PM   #2
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How are you connecting? The shore power cord with an adapter or an extension cord? With all the breakers off it sounds like a power cord problem.
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Old 08-20-2021, 08:47 PM   #3
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How are you connecting? The shore power cord with an adapter or an extension cord? With all the breakers off it sounds like a power cord problem.
Shore power cord, surge protector, adapter, extension cord. Surge protector reads everything is fine.
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Old 08-20-2021, 08:49 PM   #4
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The gfci in my garage trips when I connect my apex 245bhs to shore power with all the trailer breakers off.



I tested outlet in the garage with a tester.



Any help would be great
Plugging your RV into a GFCI outlet often causes problems. Try plugging it into a non-GFCI home outlet.
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Plugging your RV into a GFCI outlet often causes problems. Try plugging it into a non-GFCI home outlet.
That works fine. So did plugging it in at a campground. Just a huge pita to get ready to take it out. Only non gfci outlets are in my basement...
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Old 08-24-2021, 03:20 PM   #6
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The water heater element had a very small crack in ours that tripped it. Cheap and easy to replace. To test, unplug it, tripping the breaker is not good enough.
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