Ran 1426 miles Friday arriving Sunday at my kids place in Virginia and this morning noticed our water pump & furnace were struggling. Batteries were low at 9 volts while we are plugged into shore power. Darn converter had no output. Engine charges batts and they hold good, plus I'm a battery maintenance geek, so I was confident it wasn't the batteries. Pulled the converter out so I could reach the back to test things. Sure enough, zero volts coming out. It just died. Fuses good, input voltage good and nothing out. Fortunately I carry a high end 12v charger with me, so I hooked it up to the batteries while the new converter is on its way. Short term solution that works great. :BConverter has been no problem for the 8 years I've owned the RV, so I can't complain.

Before you junk the converter, check that it's not a bad ground. My Magnum died and I suspected a bad ground because I had just moved the battery tray. The shop said it was bad. They put a new Xantrex in and that didn't work. then they tried another Xantrex and that didn't work. Then they chased down the bad ground.Sent the Magnum back to the factory (under warranty) and it now sits in the garage waiting.

I've had loose wires input/output twice on mine. Re-tightened the connections and all OK

And give those batteries a nice slooow charge. If you are really really lucky they just might have a little life left in them. Though they are probably done.

jplante4 wrote:Before you junk the converter, check that it's not a bad ground. My Magnum died and I suspected a bad ground because I had just moved the battery tray. The shop said it was bad. They put a new Xantrex in and that didn't work. then they tried another Xantrex and that didn't work. Then they chased down the bad ground.Sent the Magnum back to the factory (under warranty) and it now sits in the garage waiting.seems odd? The 2 gauge battery ground on mine goes directly from the batterys to the inverter/converter;; looking at them I do not see howanyone could miss that deal>?what would a battery tray have to do with the ground system?

usersmanual wrote:seems odd? The 2 gauge battery ground on mine goes directly from the batterys to the inverter/converter;; looking at them I do not see howanyone could miss that deal>?what would a battery tray have to do with the ground system?I think my setup has the battery going to ground on the chassis and the inverter/converter picking up the negative side from the chassis.

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usersmanual
Explorer
Nov 21, 2016
jplante4 wrote:
Before you junk the converter, check that it's not a bad ground. My Magnum died and I suspected a bad ground because I had just moved the battery tray. The shop said it was bad. They put a new Xantrex in and that didn't work. then they tried another Xantrex and that didn't work. Then they chased down the bad ground.

Sent the Magnum back to the factory (under warranty) and it now sits in the garage waiting.

seems odd? The 2 gauge battery ground on mine goes directly from the batterys to the inverter/converter;; looking at them I do not see how
anyone could miss that deal>?what would a battery tray have to do with the ground system?
Canadian_Rainbi
Explorer
Nov 21, 2016
And give those batteries a nice slooow charge. If you are really really lucky they just might have a little life left in them. Though they are probably done.
the_bear_II
Explorer
Nov 21, 2016
I've had loose wires input/output twice on mine. Re-tightened the connections and all OK
jplante4
Explorer II
Nov 21, 2016
Before you junk the converter, check that it's not a bad ground. My Magnum died and I suspected a bad ground because I had just moved the battery tray. The shop said it was bad. They put a new Xantrex in and that didn't work. then they tried another Xantrex and that didn't work. Then they chased down the bad ground.

Sent the Magnum back to the factory (under warranty) and it now sits in the garage waiting.

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