olcoon
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Last week I turned the fridge on to let it start cooling down for the upcoming trip in our 2011 Elk Ridge. Went out a couple of hours later & it wasn't working. Determined that it was working on the gas side, but not electric. Checked the breakers, & fuses and everything checked out OK. Couldn't find anyplace that could take it in & have it done in a short time. Found a mobil RV tech & he came out this morning. He determined that it wasn't getting power to the fridge plug. So he started trying to trace down how the wire ran & where it came into the breaker box. The fridge wasn't marked in there. He checked the outside outlet near where the outside service panel for the fridge is located. It wasn't working either. He'd inserted a plug-in tester with a light in it & the light didn't light up. He went to his truck to get something & I wondered if the outlet was a GFI outlet. Checked and it wasn't, then I got to thinking to my knowledge there is only one GFI in our rig, located on the vanity on the bathroom sink. I went up & checked it, and the button was out. Pushed it in and went outside & looked at his tester & the light was on, and when he checked the outlet for the fridge was also working.
He was kind of stumped as to why that outlet was wired on a GFI circuit. I got to thinking that when the GFI has blown in the past, some of the outlets in the kitchen area also quit working, so they must all be wired on the GFI. I'm posting this in case someone else has the same issue, it's another thing to check. Don't know if the newer rigs, or all of the ones of that era were wired that way or not. I had to pay $130.00 for the service fee, but he didn't charge any labor.
He was kind of stumped as to why that outlet was wired on a GFI circuit. I got to thinking that when the GFI has blown in the past, some of the outlets in the kitchen area also quit working, so they must all be wired on the GFI. I'm posting this in case someone else has the same issue, it's another thing to check. Don't know if the newer rigs, or all of the ones of that era were wired that way or not. I had to pay $130.00 for the service fee, but he didn't charge any labor.