Stumped - no AC to outlets

[aringn]

I have a Rockwood Mini Light. Had AC, water heater and microwave on at the same time and it tripped the campground 30amp breaker. Turned it back on (with reduced load) and everything is working except the outlets. I reset all the trailer breakers and checked all the fuses and then assumed the GFCI had tripped. Tried resetting it with no result. Went ahead and replaced the GFCI master and still nothing. Now I have no idea what to try next. Any thoughts ? Is there a secret fuse or something on this circuit ? Could one of the other GFCI outlets have a problem ?

[Bama Rambler]

So the GFCI receptacle won't reset?
If that's the case then it's not getting power to it. Especially since you replaced it.
When tripping and resetting the breaker for that circuit does the breaker 'feel' like the other breakers?

Do you have any way to test to see where the power stops in the circuit (i.e a multimeter)?.

[aringn]

Thanks for the reply. I was able to test all the outlets or a variety of problems but the whole circuit is just dead. I don't have a wiring diagram for the trailer so don't know how it hooks into the rest of the 120 system. All the other 120 works. (Microwave, AC, etc.)

[Bama Rambler]

Do you know which breaker feeds that circuit? If so, is there 120 volts at the beaker wire lug?

If so I'd start pulling receptacles and checking the connections.

[studythecode]

FYI, my GFCI circuit quit on me. I took a multimeter and check to see if I was getting power to the GFCI. I did have power coming to it. After a series of more test, I determined I have dropped a neutral at the panel. Since it was under warranty, i took it back for service. They said everything was okay. I took it on another trip and no GFCI. After I got finished with the service manager on the phone, they told me to bring it in the next morning and they would fix it while i waited. This time they listened and sure enough I had dropped the neutral and the microwave neutral was next. So they tightened both circuits. So if you see you are getting power to the gfci, you may want to check you neutral at the panel

[BillyBass]

Did you try taking the convertor out and check the wires on the back make sure they are tight.

[The Newsoms]

When our Gfci trips, I have to throw the breaker, reset the gfci, then turn the breaker back on for it to work.

[Mr. Dan]

Originally Posted by The Newsoms

When our Gfci trips, I have to throw the breaker, reset the gfci, then turn the breaker back on for it to work.

That’s not normal. It’s reported here often that the GFCI master outlet must have input power to be reset.

[Half Ton Heavy]

Our minilite has the gfci fed off the refer breaker. Just chased down issues on our trailer, it would trip the house gfci; that turned out to be a bad water heater element. The gfci was also randomly tripping, that turned out to be wiring between the two kitchen outlets. Have not found the actual fault yet, but disconnected the wire that dead ends to the second outlet and it resolved the issue. I will have to either find the fault or just run another wire, or ignore it and never use that outlet.

[aringn]

Got a multi meter from my son and dove into the fuse box. There is in fact a wiring diagram on the inside of the cover and it is pretty straightforward. It looks like I have a bad breaker on the refer circuit so I will replace that and see what happens. I am pretty confident that will fix it. Stay tuned.

[The Newsoms]

Originally Posted by Mr. Dan

That’s not normal. It’s reported here often that the GFCI master outlet must have input power to be reset.

I know. But I’m just sharing what I have to do to reset mine. Don’t know why it’s that way. May help someone else.

[aringn]

Hooray ! Got the new breaker in and that solved the problem. Was glad that the new breaker was easy to find. Home Depot carries them but was out of stock so I ended up at Amazon. Thanks for all your comments. I always read the forum newsletter but this is the first time I have posted.

[Bama Rambler]

Thanks for coming back and letting us know that replacing the breaker fixed the problem.

[Mr. Dan]

Originally Posted by Bama Rambler

Thanks for coming back and letting us know that replacing the breaker fixed the problem.

X2!