Inverter Problem

[George Burke]

Randy, Pete gave you some great info. As he and others said you have one of the the hardest types of problems to diagnose, an intermittent one. I would have yourINVERTER and related WIRING looked at CLOSELY. Do you actually know if the inverter pulled your batteries down, or are you just thinking that because you lost power? You may be losing intermittent power to all coach functions; engine, radio, lights, etc.: when this problem rears its ugly head. It took me quite a few dollars and a yrs. time to find out why my wifes Volvo would just cut off. Very scary, and a real pain. Good Luck, and in the mean time, leave your radio on to give you warning before it shuts down. At least now you know what to do! Regards, George Burke 1977FC31 Charlotte

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Randy Merrill <"randymerri@aol.com"> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I have an ongoing problem with the inverter on my 2003 LX. This
scenario has happened twice: While driving down the highway with the
inverter running the radio volume goes off. Then, the coach loses

all power and stalls. It happened once in Washington, DC traffic
last summer and again today coming home from Fort Valley. I
recognized what was happening today when the radio volume cut out
and the coach started losing power. I reached up and shut the

inverter off and the coach "came back to life" and I continued home.
This is a very dangerous situation to say the least. It seems to me
that the inverter is pulling from the coach batteries and running

them down and causing the coach to stall. I had the coach at the
factory all last week having the electrical system checked out and
they say that there isn't any problem that they could find. They
said all batteries are in good condition and the inverter is fine

and the changeover switches are working fine. I told them about the
inverter problem and they said there isn't any way for the inverter
to be causing the coach to stall. I spent $600.00 at the factory
having everything checked out and am not satisfied that there "isn't

anything wrong." I wondered if anyone else has had anything like
this happen? I really want to get this straightened out before I
head out on my next trip.

Randy Merrill
2003 LX
Ocala, FL