Inverter panel indicates overload whether its turn off or on

[Snowbird 583]

I am getting an overload light blinking indicating overload whether the power is off or on - what could be the cause for that - any help would be greatly appreciated. We have a 1994 Holiday Rambler navigator that we are trying to get all the electrical to work properly. Thank you for your time.

[mel s]

Originally Posted by Snowbird 583

I am getting an overload light blinking indicating overload whether the power is off or on - what could be the cause for that - any help would be greatly appreciated. We have a 1994 Holiday Rambler navigator that we are trying to get all the electrical to work properly. Thank you for your time.

Snowbird 583
Can you post a pic of your "inverter panel"?
Someone with the same, (or a similar), "panel" is sure to reply.
Mel
'96 Safari

[CFXCH]

Most panel problems can be fixed by disconnecting the telephone connectors from the Invertor. Wait a minute and reconnect. This resets the panel and hopefully everything is good to go.

[Snowbird 583]

The telephone is not hook up to the invertor. Thanks for info. Will need to keep trying to figure out what is going on.

[Gary RVRoamer]

Not a telephone per se. A telephone-style cable that connects the remote display panel to the actual inverter, which is probably in the battery compartment or near by.

Please identify the make and model of the inverter and its remote display. here is usually a name right on the panel. That will help determine what an "Overload" indicator means and therefore what the cause may be. Might be as simple as low battery voltage, or as hard (expensive) as a failed circuit board in the inverter.

[Snowbird 583]

The invertor is a Heart Interface Freedom series nothing else is listed - the panel showing the overload has no info as to what brand it might be.

[Dutch Star Don]

"Snowbird 583".....To connect the panel to the inverter, many companies used a wiring that looks like your standard telephone connector....the one you plug into the back of your house telephone. On the Magnum inverters which became more popular years later, weird readings on their panel were resolved by unplugging this phone line momentarily and then reconnecting. I don't know enough about Heart inverters to know how they connected them.


Next question, does your inverter work? My neighbor had one that no one could diagnose, so they replaced it and it still didn't work. It kept showing an overload. He asked me to look at it. Just by luck, I checked the large buss bar type fuse and found that it had blown, but still had a small piece of the fuse that was connected. Once replaced, problem solved. The fuse looks something like this http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Syste...rds=mega+fuses and is about the size of a large bandaid. It's located on the large 12 volt (+) cable between the inverter and batteries.

[Snowbird 583]

Thanks for info. We got the inverter working.

[Dutch Star Don]

"Snowbird 583"....It would be nice to know what resolved the issue, to help others!

[Snowbird 583]

We had to buy 4 new batteries and redo some wiring on the inverter.