Inverter On or Off?

[Inverter On or Off?]

On 3/30/2016 at 2:27 PM, DickandLois said:

Just going to add a little item to the thread regarding the Inverter / Charger.

On the way North from the Southern part of the country, where we went to find some warmer weather for a time. The charger portion of our Inverter / charger failed.

Took me some time to figure out that the charger had indeed failed. The only indication in hindsight was the presents of noise in the video display for the rear view camera.

When driving, generator off, there where dark and light streaks present. After removing the positive feed between the charger and the battery bank's, I restarted the Coach engine and no more noise on the screen. INTERESTING !!!

It's been an ongoing issue that would come and go. But the charger diodes are shorted and I need to check for other items that could have failed yet.

The second item that told me something was wrong, was the fact that the coach batteries would read 13.5 volts after shutting down the engine and starting the generator the voltage would drop to 6.25 volts.

Remember! the battery charge was 13 plus volts and as soon as the generator was started - the battery level dropped to 6.25 volts. RED charge LED and a hot smell coming from the Xantrex unit. Not Good !

Now to replace or rebuild question as this issue falls into one of my skill sets. LOL

Rich

We just had our Xantex repaired. Call Chris at:

Tekris Power Electronics
1675 HWY 34
Farmingdale, NJ  07727
Ph. 732-938-4996

Awesome customer service!

 

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