Recently bought a used 2018 Passport 239ML. Got it home and plugged it into the 15 amp GFCI outlet in my garage and the garage GFCI tripped.
Seems like this is a fairly common problem for campers. Half the people were saying this is normal, half were saying there is a problem.
Here are the steps I took to find the problem:
Two screws from the dealer installed backup camera went through one of the 110 volt wires connecting the neutral and safety ground. Wouldn't know without a GFCI outlet. Now that it's fixed, the camper no longer trips the GFCI.
Still like the layout. I've been through most of the hidden areas of the camper now and am relatively happy with the build quality. I had low expectations given what I've read about campers in this price range.
Not sure who's more at fault for this issue, the dealer for running the screws into the wire or Keystone for placing the wires right where everyone mounts the backup camera (center of the back wall).
Bottom line? If you own a modern camper that trips GFCI outlets, there's probably something wrong.
Seems like this is a fairly common problem for campers. Half the people were saying this is normal, half were saying there is a problem.
Here are the steps I took to find the problem:
- Shut off all the breakers. Still tripped.
- Removed white wires from the neutral bus one at a time. Found the one causing the problem (receptacles, i.e. the circuit for the non GFCI outlets)
- Confirmed with a volt meter that there was continuity between the neutral and safety ground.
- Took all the outlets out and apart looking for wiring issues. Found one screw into the cover for a box, but not touching any wires.
- Took all the bare copper safety wires out of the boxes and checked which one still had continuity to the neutral wire.
- Once I had identified the problem wire, started following it back and found what's shown in the attached picture.
Two screws from the dealer installed backup camera went through one of the 110 volt wires connecting the neutral and safety ground. Wouldn't know without a GFCI outlet. Now that it's fixed, the camper no longer trips the GFCI.
Still like the layout. I've been through most of the hidden areas of the camper now and am relatively happy with the build quality. I had low expectations given what I've read about campers in this price range.
Not sure who's more at fault for this issue, the dealer for running the screws into the wire or Keystone for placing the wires right where everyone mounts the backup camera (center of the back wall).
Bottom line? If you own a modern camper that trips GFCI outlets, there's probably something wrong.
