Hi All. I run a small business from a caravan & have been using inverters to power it, however I have killed 3 decent ones. They just stop & come up with the fault light, no fuse blowin nothing. The last one was the size of a house 800w continuous with a big fan etc. Lasted no time at all ( a day ). I have had the electrics checked out in the caravan and found nothing. The last one was running the following when it went: a 15w light a 36 w strip light a set of weighing scales ( very little power) a small radio a phone charger. It had been runnig just the scales / Radio & phone charger during the day - only had the lights on for 5 mins when i got dark when it went. It inverter wasn't hot at all. This is typical of the load. I have a flashing rope light I put on, but only tend to use that with the generator, as although one of the inverters did run it b4 it died ( again well within wattage) the battery - a 100ah leisure battery - was eaten up quite quickly when it was all on & the inverter did get quite warm, so never really risked it. Any ideas? I am running out of ideas! cheers all. Mike
Inverter Trouble - They keep blowing!
Jan 23, 2007
3 Replies
Looks underloaded to me. What is the minimum load it is designed for?
Hi, Mike. Among other things, I hope you've gotten a chance to check the input voltage to the inverter. If your alternator's voltage regulator is on the fritz, you may be getting 16V or more as input to the inverter. That could cause the problem you're describing.
Good luck Chris
Switch as much of that as you can to 12V power. (or replace it with 12V powered equivalents) your battery will last longer that way too.
the scales seem to be the only challenge.
Bye.
Jasen
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