semi-dead electrical outlets

[Pete Masterson]

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' there are three 110 V electrical outlets
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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