No power from Gfci

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   If you are trying to plug into AC and trip the GFI and it won't reset, you may have a ground fault somewhere.  That would explain why the replacement GFI didn't work either.  
Your converter, as mentioned by OG and SH, converts the AC to DC to charge your batteries in the DC system.  If you can't get the AC to work, you can temporarily charge the batteries with an automotive battery charger so you can finish your trip, but that still leaves you with no AC.

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lostagain Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Online Posts: 2587	Topic: No power from Gfci Posted: 04 Jul 2020 at 3:29pm
	If you are trying to plug into AC and trip the GFI and it won't reset, you may have a ground fault somewhere. That would explain why the replacement GFI didn't work either. Your converter, as mentioned by OG and SH, converts the AC to DC to charge your batteries in the DC system. If you can't get the AC to work, you can temporarily charge the batteries with an automotive battery charger so you can finish your trip, but that still leaves you with no AC.
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StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289	Posted: 04 Jul 2020 at 2:55pm
	+1 You need an external source of AC power such as a generator or shore power for the outlets to work. CONverter = AC to DC power INverter = DC to AC power. Unless you have one of the new 'Pods with an optional inverter installed, there is no way you can get the outlets to work on battery power. Even so, you would need some form of power input (e.g. solar) to charge the battery/batteries or you will very shortly wind up with a dead battery.
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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 04 Jul 2020 at 2:34pm
	If you're running on battery only than you have no 120VAC power and none of your outlets will work. You have to be plugged in to have AC. The converter only converts 120Vac to 12Vdc, not the other way around.
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176turbodiesel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09 Jul 2017 Location: NY Online Status: Offline Posts: 15	Posted: 04 Jul 2020 at 2:02pm
	ARG. Out camping and the gfci controlling all the outlets won't reset. I pulled the old one out and put the new one in paying attention to the load side (2 wires) and the line side. New one is also not resetting. Is it possible there is a problem with the converter? Also I am running off battery only.