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I'm taking a different tack at solving this issue.
At a storage facility, I think the service entrance is in the main storage building, and I'll bet, since it's an outside run to provide RV's with electrical service, that the owner specified aluminum, because it's cheaper than copper.
I'm also going to guess that he used the minimum size wire because he's expecting each RV to only use power to the converter, to charge the batteries. You're supposed to step up one gauge rating when using aluminum, so for 15 amps, he would have used 14 gauge copper, or 12 gauge aluminum UNLESS he was counteracting long runs, which I doubt.
I'll also surmise that it's 100 feet from the service entrance to where you park your RV, and then another 100 feet of your extension cord.
If my assumptions are all correct, the VOLTAGE LOSS is not less 36 volts, meaning that voltage at your RV is about 84 AND THAT'S why your surge protector (they shut down from too much or too little voltage) keeps shutting off. The GFCI is a different issue, probably related to the new extension cord, since it wasn't doing it before.
SOLUTION - Pick up a voltage reader at any RV place - cost about $8 (or Amazon). They plug into the duplex receptacle, either in your RV or the one at the storage facility. Determine the voltage. You should not run any of your RV electrical equipment at less than 106 volts.
At a storage facility, I think the service entrance is in the main storage building, and I'll bet, since it's an outside run to provide RV's with electrical service, that the owner specified aluminum, because it's cheaper than copper.
I'm also going to guess that he used the minimum size wire because he's expecting each RV to only use power to the converter, to charge the batteries. You're supposed to step up one gauge rating when using aluminum, so for 15 amps, he would have used 14 gauge copper, or 12 gauge aluminum UNLESS he was counteracting long runs, which I doubt.
I'll also surmise that it's 100 feet from the service entrance to where you park your RV, and then another 100 feet of your extension cord.
If my assumptions are all correct, the VOLTAGE LOSS is not less 36 volts, meaning that voltage at your RV is about 84 AND THAT'S why your surge protector (they shut down from too much or too little voltage) keeps shutting off. The GFCI is a different issue, probably related to the new extension cord, since it wasn't doing it before.
SOLUTION - Pick up a voltage reader at any RV place - cost about $8 (or Amazon). They plug into the duplex receptacle, either in your RV or the one at the storage facility. Determine the voltage. You should not run any of your RV electrical equipment at less than 106 volts.