semi-dead electrical outlets
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12-04-2006, 05:59
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semi-dead electrical outlets
Bingo! Ground fault outlet is it. After pressing the reset _very_
hard (harder than I'd pressed it before), the power came back on at full strength. Test button doesn't work at all. Looks like I'll be getting a new GFI outlet... Pete Masterson aeonix1@... '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42' El Sobrante, CA On Dec 3, 2006, at 5:57 PM, David Brady wrote: > Pete, > > Did you test the ground fault outlet; i.e., press the test/reset to > see > if it opens the circuit? I assume the single ground fault protects all > 3 outlets. Just a guess but could a faulty ground fault allow the > ground > at the outlets to float such that you get an arbitrary low voltage > at the > outlets? > > David Brady > '02 LXi > > Pete Masterson wrote: >> On my coach ('95 WBDA 42' ![]() >> in the kitchen area (located curb side). Two are beneath the cabinets >> above the sink (only one is GFID) and the third is on the end of the >> kitchen counter next to the sofa. Other electrical outlets down that >> side of the coach (by the bedroom door and on the opposite end of the >> kitchen counter) work normally. >> >> All three of these seemed to be without power when I did a quick >> check on our last outing. When I tested them today I noticed a very >> dim glow from a test lamp. Putting in a voltage tester I get 67.4 to >> 68.3 volts (AC) from these (nominally) 110/115 v outlets. It doesn't >> seem to matter if its shore power, inverter power, or generator power >> -- I get the same readings under each condition. >> >> >> >> > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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semi-dead electrical outlets - Pete Masterson - 12-03-2006, 13:35
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