Converter breaker tripping sometimes
Any ideas? It has tripped twice today. It does do it all the the time. It tripped about a year ago and I had a bunch of stuff in the fridge ruin.
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- Check your battery. Bad cell will cause excess load on the converter.
Look for excessive heat, bubbling, low on water or smell of sulfur.
Converter often shares a circuit with other items like the fridge.
Possibly the hairdryer, coffee pot, toaster, curling iron, blender is contributing to the high load. - Contact Randy at Best Converters. With make/model of current converter and he will give you great advice on replacement needs.
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I would change out AC circuit breaker first. - I had one that tripped the breaker sometimes but not all the time. I contacted the manufacturer and they decided there was a problem with the convertor when it cut in to charge the batteries. It was just out of warranty but they sent me a rebuilt one anyway free. I bought a new Progressive Dynamics with Charge Wizard while the troubleshooting was going on and I am happy with it. I keep the rebuilt as a spare.
Brian - What brand converter to get if mines is bad?
- It could be a number of things, but the first I'd suspect is that the breaker itself is weak and tripping needlessly.
