Electrical Problem

[Tom n Sandra]

We just picked up our new Anthem and we are having an issue with the Electrical system. When we try to run on batteries without shore power or generator the bottom 120v line dialogue box on the Vegatouch displays a varying voltage, ( a series of random numbers scroll as if it cant pin down the voltage or the voltage is continually shifting), and the inverter continually cycles on and off, this turns the fridge and microwave on and off and fills the coach with alerts and alarms. On the home screen on the top right corner shows the two 120v legs and it is the bottom one that is acting up. I attached a short video that shows what it does, this is continuous when it happens. sometimes everything works fine and then out of the blue it starts up again.

Essentially we cannot run on batteries, I had the dealer install two additional L16 AGM batteries and i suspect The problem is related to this. Super frustrating for us as we do not have a place to hook up power all the time and that’s why we installed the extra batteries but now we can’t run on battery power. For now we are turning off the main breaker to the inverter number one until we find a solution. Most frustrating of all is having to drive the coach back to bend Oregon to the dealer to get it serviced because we are in central Washington, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[vsheetz]

Can't load the video.

What is the voltage of your house battery bank?

[Rollin101]

Go to your inverter panel, last icon before question mark, hold inverter icon until it goes to inverter settings, then set the search watts to zero and see if that stops the inverter cycling.

[Tom n Sandra]

Ok i just set the search watts to 0 it was at 5. Now i just have to wait to see if it happens again....

[ditto]

We had the same issue... setting to 0 worked for us.

[TXBart]

Originally Posted by ditto

We had the same issue... setting to 0 worked for us.

X3 for us

[Marcosdad]

Yep...search watts. A great idea with unintended consequences

[DeeGee]

OK, so what is the intent of the search watts setting?

[twinboat]

From Xantrex

What is the function search mode on my XW series inverter?

*Search mode allows the inverter to selectively power only items that draw more than a certain amount of power, which can result in power savings. The Xantrex XW Series has a no-load power draw of about 28 watts. Enabling Search mode reduces this power draw to less than 8 watts. Search mode operates differently in single-unit and multi-unit installations. When a single Xantrex XW Series has Search mode enabled, the inverter sends electrical search pulses through its AC output. These search pulses “look” for connected AC loads. The delay between search pulses is set using the Search Delay setting. After a load larger than the Search Watts setting is detected, the inverter turns on.

[Tom n Sandra]

Thanks everyone! Changing the search wattage to 0 worked!

[757driver]

It appears that Vegatouch equipped coaches do not like the search watts for one or both inverters to be set at 5W or above. Seems it might be best to set both at 0W and leave them both powered up fully.

[jeffnjen]

on my vegatouch, it seemed I only had one setting for both inverters..Is that correct?

[757driver]

Originally Posted by jeffnjen

on my vegatouch, it seemed I only had one setting for both inverters..Is that correct?

Jeff,

I think you are correct, one setting changes both inverters on the Vegatouch.