Kirk W

GFCI outlets are not designed to be current limiting but only trip on a differential current between supply and return legs of the circuit. If excess current is triggering the trip then for some reason you have a differential that is typically greater than 5 mA. I suggest that you might want to take some time and read Chasing "Ghost Trips" article from the makers of Fluke test equipment. While I would not panic at this point, I also would not ignore it.

It certainly does sound like you do and that could very well be your GFI problem. If there is a 120V circuit breaker for the water heater that would also point to an electric element since the water heater controls are all 12V~DC power from the batteries or converter and would be fused, not a circuit breaker.

The water heater lighting will cause it to trip? Can you isolate your converter from the 120V system either by a circuit breaker or power plug?

I think that you might find this book on RV electrical systems & trouble shooting them to be helpful.

I agree with this comment. There are a couple of things which cross my mind that you may not have checked. My RV sources tell me that the most common cause of GFI problems in an RV is the electric element in the water heater, so if you have one and have not checked that, you may want to do so. They say that to be sure, lift the leads to it not just opening the power supply. Another thought which I recently got from my sources is that it might be something as simple as a reversed polarity issue in the RV. He suggests using a cheap polarity checker from most hardware stores and if the plug on the shore power cord has been replaced, check it first. I'll also take the risk of starting a technology war again with this thought. Because GFCI devices trigger at current leakages above 5 milliamps they can cause a problem for RVers that have switching type Power Converters in their RV's. These switching type power converters usually have built in input RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) suppression filters to keep high-frequency energy off of incoming wiring. During normal operation of the power converter, these RFI filters will exceed 5 milliamps of current leakage causing GFCI Devices to trip. If you have not done so previously, try connecting the RV to a GFI source with all of your 120v breakers off and then turn them on, one at a time. That should help to isolate the problem you have.

If you are thinking of connecting the output of the inverter to part of the 120v system, most inverter owners do so via a sub-panel but part of the issue is what inverter you have as they are not all created equal.

A while back I replaced the original, flimsy metal one with a larger, solid wood rod and support system. Last trip some of the clothes hangers jumped off so today I drilled holes in the end supports and installed a removable rod to keep them in place. The rod was cut from an old tent pole.

We manage that part to some degree by spending part of the year in our travel trailer, somewhere else! But most of us eventually stop RV travels due to the physical limitations that come with age.

Current forecast is for high temperatures in the mid to upper 80's. We are thinking of going over too. I'll PM you.

The same is true for us. We lived in Denver area for 3 years followed by 18 in Cheyenne, WY and as much as we loved the state of WY, we can't handle their winters.

I chose the Goodyear Endurance tires for our little travel trailer.

I don't know just where you are looking for a home, but if you are not fixed on a location, I think that you might find the community where we home-base to be more to your liking.We are an RV community, but with houses and it was begun as a place for fulltimers to transition back into fixed home living once more. We are located just a few miles from Tyler, TX which is a major medical center and has all of the healthcare facilities most people ever need, including 3 teaching hospitals. At present, there are several homes for sale in our community so feel free to contact me if you happen to be interested in joining us!

Adding some to what Charlied has posted, the extension cords will cause a voltage loss and with any alternating current motor, the lower the voltage supplied, the higher current it will draw so if the voltage falls too low the circuit breaker will trip. The fact that your circuit breaker in the house tripped just shows that it was doing it's job and if it had not tripped you might have had a fire. If you don't have one, I strongly suggest that you buy a reasonably good volt/ohm meter and take the time to learn to use it. Welcome to the Escapee forums! Feel free to start your own threads in any of the forums for questions at any time.

Welcome to the Escapee forums! I visited the link that you posted and it is a great review of the on faucet filter systems. Thanks for posting it and join in often.

I made a cover for our sink from a good quality, plastic cutting-board and it worked out well. I'm still studying the stove top cover. What did you make yours from?

No need as it did relate to the subject. Since it was quoted, fortunately, it still shows.

The Class A forum has an interesting thread of this same subject, so I thought that I might start one for those of us with bumper pull RV's. In the past, Pam & I have done quite a few modifications to our little 20' travel trailer like shelves in the cupboards and the closet, a much stronger clothing rod in the closet, all new window coverings and several other interior changes. Our latest is that I replaced the manual tongue jack with an electric one and we had a Fan-Tastic vent fan installed in our bathroom. How about sharing your latest projects?

As a service tech for 40 years, I tend to agree with that but there is a lot which many RV owners can do. All that you can do is to give what you believe is the best advice for the person asking and hope that he has the ability to sift out what is valid and what is either wrong or beyond his abilities. Sometimes too much information is just as bad as too little, but you and I can't make that call. I have come to where I stay out of some discussions of issues that I have experience with for those reasons.

This thread is now just over a year old and unfortunately, yourpcgeek49 never returned to share with us what the answer to his problem turned out to be. About all that I can suggest is to read through the above suggestions and see if you find anything of help there. Have you monitored the current drawn to see what it is doing and if it is increasing? How old is the a/c unit we are dealing with? If it has lost some of the refrigerant that might play a part in this difficulty.

Very good answer. Please do take Mike's advice before you have a major disaster!

Even if the UTV meets other requirements? Interesting......

I'm thinking from this information on the TX-DOT website that you can register them in TX if they meet the criteria. As I read things, you do not have to register it, unless you plan to drive it on the public roads, but then you can. I'm quite sure that I have seen them with a license plate. Call the Livingston DOT office and talk to them about it. For Tax Billing Information and Auto Registration:Tax Assessor's Office 416 N. Washington Livingston, TX. 77351 936-327-6801

Welcome to the Escapee forums! Great having you join us here and we will do whatever we can to assist you. Keep in mind that your air conditioning is closed out of the cabinets so any source of heat will tend to build up when the doors are closed. If the outside air is hot then any place that air can rise into the cabinet would contribute to your problem. I'd first check to make sure that there are not air leaks from the outside. Then check to see what appliances are located such that they could contribute heat. Is it getting hot enough to cause concern about the things stored in the cabinet, or is this just a nuisance problem?

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With a gas chassis, this will be slow going and be especially careful going back down. If you have not done so, I'd suggest you get everything weighed at the first opportunity to be sure you are not overloading the rear axle.