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Hello everyone. 2003 Fleeetwood Revolution 40C. With shore power disconnected, generator not running, and both chassis and house power switches turned off, our Xantrex Freedom 458 inverter/charger just started up by itself in “invert” mode and the remote panel (Xantrex Basic Remote) came on. I was able to turn it off by pressing the Invert button on the remote panel, but after a few minutes of silence, the inverter turned itself on again! After a few cycles like this, I called Xantrex tech support, and the friendly person who answered suggested that I reset the inverter/charger by disconnecting the battery positive cable from the unit and waiting 2-3 hours. I did that, but when I came back and reconnected the battery, the inverter started itself up again. I called back to tech support, and the technician told me that a second try at the reset procedure might work. But if it didn’t, he said that given the age of the inverter/charger (original equipment), it was likely that I would need to replace it. So I tried the reset process a second time, but the inverter started itself again. This time, after I shut it off from the panel, I had the idea to unplug the RJ-11 connector for the remote from the inverter, and then plug it back in. To my amazement, the unit stayed off and I thought I might have solved the problem. I left after a half hour or so of observation. But alas, when I returned to the coach this morning, the inverter/charger was humming merrily along in the bay. Much more of this and I’m going to end up with flat house batteries. So, what’s your consensus? New unit, or something else to check?

We are on our first long term mooch docking adventure. We are on battery power. We would like to be able to have the generator Auto Start as required, but it does not happen. Now for the details. We are in a 2007 Newmar Dutch Star 4307. We have an Onan 8k generator and a Xantrex inverter with a Xantrex RC/RG control panel. I have been working with Xantrex technical support and we have determined that the wiring is correct. We went to the inverter itself and tested the wiring circuit to the generator start switch. No surprise, it did not work. The tech determined that either the inline fuse(s) are bad or the switch is. It is probably not the switch since the generator will start from the inside dash switch. So the hunt for the fuse(s) has begun. The tech at Xantrex rightfully could not tell me where the fuses are located. I then called Newmar customer service and talked to several very helpful techs. They tried to research the location of the fuses with the available wiring diagrams they could find for 2007 and surrounding years. Unfortunately, they said that in the "old days" Newmar did not do as good as they do today with documentation. They have been unable to help me locate the fuse(s). If anyone has had a similar experience with a older Newmar Dutch Star or any insight to the location of the fuses, we would be appreciative.

Just replaced all the house and coach batteries with Full River AGM's The chassis batteries were bad for a while and the coach batteries were overdue. Our Trace Engineering RV2012GS inverter has been giving me fits. Xantrex is of little help and seems to have outsourced support to a fellow with a script in India. Oh Joy. Everything is fine on Shore power and Generator and the Esco ES65N transfer switch is working fine. However when off shore and generator the inverter will run only a minute or 2 sometimes up to 10 minutes. Then it will stop inverting and flash every 4 seconds as if in search mode. However search mode is set to default (off). Stranger yet, if the coach engine is started the inverter switches to inverting and will remain on as long as the coach engine is running. I am suspecting the internal transfer switch relay is stuck in the pass thru mod and the alternator is somehow back feeding energizing the inverter? I disconnected the shore and DC power and AC outputs then waited an hour for the "Master reset". No change. I bypassed the coach wiring with #4 gauge jumper cables direct to the inverter terminals. No joy-- with direct DC from the batteries applied to the inputs no AC out was measured. Battery charger works fine in all 3 stages and confirmed same with DVM measurement at battery terminals. Short of pulling it and sending it out for repair I am out of ideas. Anyone have any?

The Trace series of Inverters are made by Xantrex. However, they are configured more for residential applications. Some of the Couches that incorporate them into there electrical systems are often referred to as all electric using a larger number of solar panels, shore power and generators to maintain, in some cases larger numbers of Coach Batteries that power the inverter(s). These coaches also have a larger primary12 volt panel or 2 to 3 sub-panels powering a greater number of items. Also, there tends to be a greater number of 110 volt outlets built into the coaches. This is more prevalent in coaches with 50 amp. for shore power and the use of inverters that supply 2-- 120 volt feeds that equal 220 volts as measured across the 2 primary line breakers in the main AC power panel. This is a link to a Trace installation PDF file to look at if you wish. http://www.soligent....cts/22161_3.pdf One thing for sure is that as the market and customers look for more features on and in their Coaches, the level of sophistication in the power system increases. Rich.