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Are you plugging in your RV and the breaker keeps tripping? Whether you are plugging in at your house or to shore power at the campground you can trip the breaker at the outlet or inside the camper. Either way, it’s just so frustrating! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am writing about both — the RV tripping the house or campground breaker — and — the breaker inside the RV gets tripped. Save this page because you are likely to see both these problems on your journeys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why does your RV keep tripping the breaker? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your RV will keep tripping the breaker if there is too much electricity running through the circuit. You could be overloading the internal circuit breaker or the external breaker at the house or campground. Other problems can be a bad circuit breaker, a short in the line, or problems with the extension cord. <\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are multiple possible problems here – there is the internal electric system in the RV and the external power source at the campground or house. Although most of the time the problem is with the external breakers like the ones at the campground or house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are only interested in the RV tripping the breakers at the house or the GFCI outlet — you can skip to that part of the article. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s first start with the RV\u2019s electrical system basics.  Well, just because I am an engineer by training. So an RV has 3 electrical systems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n