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Ground fault trips when dry turned on

Yahoo Message Number: 115485
Have an interesting problem....when I push in the button to start my clothes dryer, the ground fault outlet on the floor across from the refrigerator trips. The dryer stays on, but the other outlets trip. The dryer is located on the back wall of the coach bedroom. This just started happening...it doesn't matter what may or may not be plugged into any of these outlets. When I reset the ground fault, everything runs okay and doesn't re-trip. Any ideas? Thanks

Barb McMaster
2008 Inspire #52161

Re: Ground fault trips when dry turned on

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 115486
Did u check the circuit breakers by the shower

Wally Falch
408-666-8566

Re: Ground fault trips when dry turned on

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 115494
There is a ground or neutral connection loose. Probably in the dryer circuit. When you start the dryer it finds a ground or neutral thru the GFI circuit. Tighten all connections for both circuits.

Mikee

Re: Ground fault trips when dry turned on

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Yahoo Message Number: 115513
Thanks for your reply....as they say in the movies....the plot thickens. We realized that the same time the dryer was tripping the ground fault, our Aqua Hot stopped working on electric. Too much of a coincidence. So we did some comprehensive troubleshooting and found out that the dryer did not trip the ground fault and the Aqua Hot worked on electric when we ran the generator. So, we decided to shut off the inverter (we usually keep it on when we're on shore power in case there is a power failure). When we shut off the inverter, both worked fine. Therefore, it must be something with the inverter....perhaps a loose ground wire as you suggested or it might be something else wrong with the inverter. We'll explore further. Thanks for the help.