Was boondocking yesterday and couldn't figure out why my batteries were draining. The inverter shut down last night from low voltage. Turns out the Dometic refer switch to gas was not actually switching. Played with it a few times and it seems ok now. Heads up for anyone with similar "where's the juice going?" issues.

So fridge was 'stuck' on electric and inverter was supplying fridge?Sounds like you will be in need of a new eyebrow panel.Might want to unplug fridge so inverter doesn't drain battery and leave you in the dark

I love my BATTERY MONITOR PANEL... i can monitor each battery bank for their 12VDC levels and a master DC current flow of whats connected to the battery bank.I can tell at a glance what is happening long before it gets into a dark situation.I also can run on one battery or all batteries by switching in and out each battery as required. This allows me to charge one battery by itself and run off the others at the same time...Great PLAN B thing... One hiccup will not put me into the dark...Roy Ken

Hard to miss 14 amps. One of the perils of whole house inverter. Glad it was found.

Old-Biscuit wrote:So fridge was 'stuck' on electric and inverter was supplying fridge?Yep. And absolutely no indication of same.

Hi 2oldman,Good sleuthing!Hi smk,14 amps? More like 30? (my fridge is 325 watts).

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pianotuna
Nomad III
Oct 19, 2013
Hi smk,

I guess it is time to talk watts LOL! I had forgotten that 2oldman had "joined the dark side" of 24 volts.
time2roll
Nomad
Oct 19, 2013
pianotuna wrote:
Hi smk,

14 amps? More like 30? (my fridge is 325 watts).

24 volt inverter

my 12v pulls about 28 so I figured half. ;)
Johnny_G1
Explorer
Oct 18, 2013
We never run with the fridge on electric, seen a lot of people learn the hard way after installing an inverter. Electric only @ home base.
pianotuna
Nomad III
Oct 18, 2013
Hi 2oldman,

Good sleuthing!

Hi smk,

14 amps? More like 30? (my fridge is 325 watts).
2oldman
Explorer II
Oct 18, 2013
Old-Biscuit wrote:
So fridge was 'stuck' on electric and inverter was supplying fridge?
Yep. And absolutely no indication of same.
time2roll
Nomad
Oct 18, 2013
Hard to miss 14 amps. One of the perils of whole house inverter. Glad it was found.
RoyB
Explorer III
Oct 18, 2013
I love my BATTERY MONITOR PANEL... i can monitor each battery bank for their 12VDC levels and a master DC current flow of whats connected to the battery bank.

I can tell at a glance what is happening long before it gets into a dark situation.

I also can run on one battery or all batteries by switching in and out each battery as required. This allows me to charge one battery by itself and run off the others at the same time...

Great PLAN B thing... One hiccup will not put me into the dark...

Roy Ken
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Oct 18, 2013
So fridge was 'stuck' on electric and inverter was supplying fridge?

Sounds like you will be in need of a new eyebrow panel.
Might want to unplug fridge so inverter doesn't drain battery and leave you in the dark

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