Surviving with a malfunctioning charger/inverter

[Lindenberg]

I was camping this week in San Diego and the internal transfer switch inside my charger/inverter quit working. About half of the outlets in the motorhome are powered by the inverter and the rest are from shore power or the generator.

Here is what I did to get by...
I connected a battery charger to my house batteries to keep them charged. For the higher wattage needs I ran an extension cord from the non-inverter supplied outlets inside the motorhome. This is the first time I appreciated the fact that all the outlets are not powered by the inverter. I plugged in the hair drier and the convection oven to the extension cord when I wanted to use them. It took me a day to remember the outlet for the convection oven is in the storage area above the oven I was able to plug it into the extension cord.

In my 2000 the shore powered outlets are next to the passenger seat and the two next to the bed.

When I get home I'll remove the Xantrex unit and get it repaired.

[Lindenberg]

I was camping this week in San Diego and the internal transfer switch inside my charger/inverter quit working. About half of the outlets in the motorhome are powered by the inverter and the rest are from shore power or the generator.

Here is what I did to get by...
I connected a battery charger to my house batteries to keep them charged. For the higher wattage needs I ran an extension cord from the non-inverter supplied outlets inside the motorhome. This is the first time I appreciated the fact that all the outlets are not powered by the inverter. I plugged in the hair drier and the convection oven to the extension cord when I wanted to use them. It took me a day to remember the outlet for the convection oven is in the storage area above the oven I was able to plug it into the extension cord.

In my 2000 the shore powered outlets are next to the passenger seat and the two next to the bed.

When I get home I'll remove the Xantrex unit and get it repaired.

[dgerstel]

Tom,

I thought that you said that the charger in the Xantrex worked? If it doesn't then you should check the 120 volt power feed into the Xantrex. A loss of 120 volt power to the Xantrex would cause your problems. Check the circuit breaker to the inverter in the main panel and the connections between that circuit breaker and the Xantrex 120 volt input.

[SRAlpine]

Good luck with your Xantrex unit. Mine began smoking one morning. I was able to get by with only replacing a burnt wire. Turns out the wire nut was not installed correctly!