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Where's my GFI breaker?

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The other day, I was using an AC outlet in one of the luggage compartments to power my small pressure cleaner while hooked up to shore power. The sprayer stopped so my first thought is that the GFI in the bedroom has tripped. Hmmm...its not tripped but past experience with these have not been good so I almost started heading to the store to get a new one when I decided to look further, like to see if its is getting power. I pull the outlet from its box and o my its not getting power. Well, I'll just reset his breaker (the panel is directly above it) but there is no breaker for him. Let me check my bus schematics and owners book. Ooops, no AC schematic but the manual talks about GFI circuits but nothing on circuit breakers for that outlet. On my '02 Intrigue, the breaker panel is mounted on the back wall with access to the surge protector/transfer switch through a small opening inside the closet. On the very back of the wall are 2 junction boxes labeled high voltage. I wonder if that has something to do with it? Only thing is opening is too small to get to them but I notice that a large portion of the cabinet seems to be removable being screwed from inside the cabinet. My arms don't articulate like they used to but somehow I get this panel unscrewed and now I can get to the 2 boxes. One of them has power and its for the microwave. The other is dead. Does that mean the inverter has its own breakers? My inverter is in the battery compartment behind a steel panel with a small window that gives access only to the front of the inverter. Using a flashlight and mirror, I was not able to see its outputs or breakers. This panel has about 16 rusted and frozen self tapping screws which fought me every step of the way but guess what was staring at me in the face when I finally got the panel off? A tripped 15 amp breaker and set 20 amp breaker for the microwave. Needless to say I was happy to have found the problem. So for you guys with the Trace inverter, just remove the small window and run your fingers down the side of the inverter to feel for the switches. Long fingers maybe helpful.
Keep in mind that when the inverter is switched on, those 2 circuits are hot. They do not go through the AC power panel and can only be switched off by the inverters own breakers.

Ed McManus........'02 Intrigue.....#11361