120Volt outlets all of a sudden go dead.

[bigbAZ]

Did you try the GFCI with just the power wires connected?

When Leviton first came out with that green light it was to indicate the presence of grounding and the light would not glow on ungrounded circuits but the GFCI would still function. On those GFCIs the green light would glow if ground and hot were present and neutral was open but I don't know if that is the case today.

At this point a meter is really needed. Let us know what the electrician finds.

 

[invstbiker]

Will do. I'm currently at the Sturgis rally, so it could take me a while to find a guy.

 

[Mark_K5LXP]

What happens when you follow steps (a) and (b) of the test procedure to the letter?

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM

 

[gwinger]

Did you try the GFCI with just the power wires connected?

When Leviton first came out with that green light it was to indicate the presence of grounding and the light would not glow on ungrounded circuits but the GFCI would still function. On those GFCIs the green light would glow if ground and hot were present and neutral was open but I don't know if that is the case today.

At this point a meter is really needed. Let us know what the electrician finds.

He said his tester showed nothing. If he had hot and ground, the tester should have shown a open neutral.
He needs to verify that he actually has 120 volts between hot and neutral and they are the correct terminals.

 

[TXkmpr]

OK, I followed the schematic and your instructions. I found the 120VAC coming in from the shore power. Green light is on. Neither of the "new" GFCI's will reset and my GFCI receptacle tester shows nothing as in dead. Could it be that I have 2 bad new GFCI's?

Try pressing the reset button until it bottoms out. Last one I installed it took pressing reset with a screwdriver to activate the reset. If you use a screwdriver be sure and wrap some electrical tape around the tip or find something non-conductive to push the switch in

 

[John From Detroit]

If you use a screwdriver be sure and wrap some electrical tape around the tip or find something non-conductive to push the switch in

Golf Tee? (wooden or plastic)

 

[bigbAZ]

Golf Tee? (wooden or plastic)

A pencil eraser works best and doesn't damage anything.

 

[gwinger]

A pencil eraser works best and doesn't damage anything.

Popsicle sticks work great. I keep about 20 in the trailer. You can sharpen them for non marring scrapers. Cut them into small slivers to put in stripped screw holes.
Amazing how many uses you can find for them.
Plus I enjoy eating the popsicles.

 

[Kirk]

it could take me a while to find a guy.

Like Big56, I will be waiting to hear what your electrician finds. I have some thoughts about what could be done, but without a meter we are just guessing.

 

[John From Detroit]

One thing and this should NOT affect the GFCI (Though it could) RVs today aee usually wired with Quick Box/Uni Box outlets. You can easily tell as on standard Box and separate outlet the cover screw is dead center but on the "Quick box" type there are two screws on opposite corners.

In my opinion these are crap. You put a serious load on them like most anything over 1,000 watts. They tend to fail

And then one of two things happens. Power is lost. Or the Fire Dept comes calling.

And they are wired kind of like this

breaker===={outlet}====={outlet}====={Outlet} and so on so outlet one passes all the power through its connections drawen by all outlets on the chain.

 

[invstbiker]

Follow up as promised. Finally today Jeff Flaugher FGRVS.com came out and diagnosed my outlet/GFCI issue. Despite me following the diagram so graciously sent to me, and not having a voltmeter, Jeff re-wired the a new GFCI and made it all work in about 10 minutes. So thank you all for your followup with me trying to get the juice flowing again. )