More on loss of AC on one leg

[artw]

Last week I posted about loosing one leg of AC power. I have isolated down to my
Feedom 25 Heart inverter. I have removed the inverter from the circuit and the
problem is gone. The "B" leg of the generator ( or shore power) feeds directly
to the input side of the inverter. The AC output of the inverter feeds to the
"B" side of the breaker panel.
Before the inverter was installed, this is the breaker that that the generator
leg was connected ( this coach was origally equepped with
a motor generator). Could the problem be the internal transfer switch
in the inverter? My local RV center just wants to replace the whole
system. They say nobody repairs them. These things must be repairable.
I would think they have must some "off the shelf" parts.

I don't want to fork-over a 1000.00 dollars plus to replace this thing.
Certainly there must be someone in the Southern Ca. who repairs inverters.

I leave for the Monterey Historical Auto Races on Weanesday. I guess I'll be
taking the battery charger from my garage(no hookups at the track).

Art Weatherly
Riverside Ca
'85 PT36

[sfedeli3]

Hi Art,

You probably hit the nail on the head. Just to be sure, is there power from
the inverter if you are only on battery power? If so, then you may have a welded
transfer switch that is "stuck" on the invert position. If you don't have
anything at all, then the automatic transfer relay is not functioning. I would
guess that you can not service the unit without sending it to a Xantrex service
center. You might find it easier just to put a male 110V plug on the end of the
wires coming out of the inverter and plug them into the outlet that feeds the
charging side of the inverter. This would get you through the weekend, so long
as you have a portable battery charger too. Our charging compartments get filthy
and wet. To extend the life of your next inverter, you probably should remove
the vented louver door and replace it with a solid piece of metal that has a
cooling fan pulling air out of the compartment. I installed a clamshell vent on
the outside of the coach to allow cool air into the compartment.

Shane Fedeli
85PT40
Hershey, PA

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "artw" wrote:
>
> Last week I posted about loosing one leg of AC power. I have isolated down to
my Feedom 25 Heart inverter. I have removed the inverter from the circuit and
the problem is gone. The "B" leg of the generator ( or shore power) feeds
directly to the input side of the inverter. The AC output of the inverter feeds
to the "B" side of the breaker panel.
> Before the inverter was installed, this is the breaker that that the generator
leg was connected ( this coach was origally equepped with
> a motor generator). Could the problem be the internal transfer switch
> in the inverter? My local RV center just wants to replace the whole
> system. They say nobody repairs them. These things must be repairable.
> I would think they have must some "off the shelf" parts.
>
> I don't want to fork-over a 1000.00 dollars plus to replace this thing.
> Certainly there must be someone in the Southern Ca. who repairs inverters.
>
> I leave for the Monterey Historical Auto Races on Weanesday. I guess I'll be
taking the battery charger from my garage(no hookups at the track).
>
> Art Weatherly
> Riverside Ca
> '85 PT36
>