03-08-2019, 06:52 AM
We never replaced the inverter/charger as we got it to work just fine for the last year or so.
We bought 6 new AGM 8D batteries (since we don’t boondock much) when the engine work was being done.
I’m at Tom’s place in Wittman and we noticed the batteries were slowly dying after sitting for a while. I had the batteries merged while sitting still (like normal). The ‘charge’ button was pushed on the Heart Freedom 25 Combi inverter panel. The battery bank went down to about 11volts (I didn’t take pictures of the panel so cannot remember the exact voltage or amps).
I finally built a mount (sort of) like Tom’s for the inverter and it came out pretty well - now the inverter stays on the wall and doesn’t move around (will test this on I-10 soon!).
The inverter seems to switch fine and powers the microwave even with low house batteries.
The engine batteries are currently being charged with a very nice (Thanks Tom!) battery charger today and I will switch to the house batteries to charge them later today.
The PROBLEM is the charger in the inverter does not look like it is working as we have consistently lost volts/amps in both battery banks since the banks were merged.
I was/am getting both an E-10 and E-13 error “I found a loose but on the coach battery side and after tightening it I get an E-13 error which the manual says “battery voltage sense leads open”battery voltage sense leads open and a reference to “violet wire on inverter remote panel”. I pulled the panel off but was unsure how to test the wire.
I have done a ‘hard reset’ - disconnected all the batteries, unplugged the shore power, waited 30 minutes and reconnected batteries (first!) then plugged in the shore power and nothing changed.
I’m starting to think the F2 (charger) fuse may be blown inside and found some instructions (just now) on how to check that using the power wires to check continuity.
I checked all the battery fuses I could find and got continuity across them (once Tom showed me how to use my meter correctly! - I learn then I forget again). I left the wires attached to the fuses and probably need to do this test again especially with the fuse nearest the inverter (that will be fun).
I think the nearest Xantrex service center is in CA :-( They will probably tell me I need a new inverter, which I probably do need...
We bought 6 new AGM 8D batteries (since we don’t boondock much) when the engine work was being done.
I’m at Tom’s place in Wittman and we noticed the batteries were slowly dying after sitting for a while. I had the batteries merged while sitting still (like normal). The ‘charge’ button was pushed on the Heart Freedom 25 Combi inverter panel. The battery bank went down to about 11volts (I didn’t take pictures of the panel so cannot remember the exact voltage or amps).
I finally built a mount (sort of) like Tom’s for the inverter and it came out pretty well - now the inverter stays on the wall and doesn’t move around (will test this on I-10 soon!).
The inverter seems to switch fine and powers the microwave even with low house batteries.
The engine batteries are currently being charged with a very nice (Thanks Tom!) battery charger today and I will switch to the house batteries to charge them later today.
The PROBLEM is the charger in the inverter does not look like it is working as we have consistently lost volts/amps in both battery banks since the banks were merged.
I was/am getting both an E-10 and E-13 error “I found a loose but on the coach battery side and after tightening it I get an E-13 error which the manual says “battery voltage sense leads open”battery voltage sense leads open and a reference to “violet wire on inverter remote panel”. I pulled the panel off but was unsure how to test the wire.
I have done a ‘hard reset’ - disconnected all the batteries, unplugged the shore power, waited 30 minutes and reconnected batteries (first!) then plugged in the shore power and nothing changed.
I’m starting to think the F2 (charger) fuse may be blown inside and found some instructions (just now) on how to check that using the power wires to check continuity.
I checked all the battery fuses I could find and got continuity across them (once Tom showed me how to use my meter correctly! - I learn then I forget again). I left the wires attached to the fuses and probably need to do this test again especially with the fuse nearest the inverter (that will be fun).
I think the nearest Xantrex service center is in CA :-( They will probably tell me I need a new inverter, which I probably do need...
Karen & Adrian Abshire
1998 2 slide 45' Newell Coach 498
Prior: 1985 Foretravel ORED 35, 1988 38' Foretravel U280, 2000 Foretravel 42' U320, 1990 Bluebird Wanderlodge WB40