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Lar_s's avatar
Lar_s
Explorer
Jan 19, 2014

How to turn off inverter. Solved for now.

Just dug my CC out of the snowbank and put it in the shop to see why I'm loosing power up hills. It's been in the body shop for a couple months, then got snowed in at home, and needs to run right before I head out.

So, once I unplugged it, got it to the shop and inside yesterday, I see that the inverter is on. I have one of those control pads that does everything, and it should be a simple matter of hitting the on/off button and it'd be off... NOT!

So I left it in the shop, turned off the electricity to everything inside, and had to leave it til I go in tomorrow morning to fill them in on how to access everything on the coach. Any ideas as to how to turn this danged thing off so it doesn't drain my house batteries?

Help Please.

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Made it to the shop, my Xantrex was still inverting and batteries were down to 45%. I turned off all the switches, looked at the inverter in the high back cupboard, no way to unplug that I couild find, so eventually resorted to (Unhooking the Ground, letting it sit long enough to reset, and re-hooking the Ground) Seemed to have solved the problem.

Thanx for all the quick replies... and yes, perhaps those -15 degree days have had some effect... but a solid +12 now... heat wave.
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  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Jan 20, 2014
    You said "The Xantrex was still inverting".....

    What model? I have a Prosine 2.0, to turn it OFF, you do not use the switch on the panel, you use the switch on the inverter itself (A 3 position center off switch)

    IF you have the optional REMOTE switch, that one can turn it off...

    The panel just puts it into standby.
  • Argosy24's avatar
    Argosy24
    Explorer
    Jan 20, 2014
    During the 'polar vortex' my Prosine got a temperature fault on the control panel. Hit reset, nothing, tried to turn both the charger and inverter off, nothing. The menu options worked but none of the control options seemed to work.

    Turned off the AC, turned off the battery disconnects, when I turned both back on the inverter worked again. Electronics get weird glitches, powering them down will often reboot and fix those types of problems.
  • dougrainer's avatar
    dougrainer
    Nomad
    Jan 20, 2014
    BobGed wrote:
    dougrainer wrote:
    Your Inverter is "stuck". Disconnect 120 power and then disconnect the Positive main cable to the Inverter for 5 minutes. Reconnect and you will probably see the On/Off function return to the remote panel. Doug

    I have read and respected the knowledge of your prior posts, but just for my edification, would it not be safer and accomplish the same thing by disconnecting and reconnecting the main negative cable to the house batteries?


    The problem is the chassis of the Inverter has a separate Ground wire to the frame. You would have to disconnect BOTH. There is NOTHING wrong with disconnecting a 12 volt positive wire. There is "nothing" dangerous about disconnecting a positive cable/wire. Doug
  • BobGed's avatar
    BobGed
    Explorer
    Jan 20, 2014
    dougrainer wrote:
    Your Inverter is "stuck". Disconnect 120 power and then disconnect the Positive main cable to the Inverter for 5 minutes. Reconnect and you will probably see the On/Off function return to the remote panel. Doug

    I have read and respected the knowledge of your prior posts, but just for my edification, would it not be safer and accomplish the same thing by disconnecting and reconnecting the main negative cable to the house batteries?
  • dons2346's avatar
    dons2346
    Explorer
    Jan 20, 2014
    Go to your inverter and disconnect the remote cable. Wait 5 minutes and plug it back in.
  • Lar_s's avatar
    Lar_s
    Explorer
    Jan 20, 2014
    I'll get in to the shop tomorrow... probably to dead batteries, but it's locked in for now.

    Thx for the replies. It's always worked flawlessly before. After hitting that deer and having it in the body shop for so long, there are a few things happening that are strange.
  • J-Rooster's avatar
    J-Rooster
    Explorer
    Jan 19, 2014
    My inverter in my Winnebago has a off and on switch that is located next to the TV. My inverter is located under the oven in the kitchen. I have to pull out a drawer under the oven and my inverter unit is located there. Good Luck
  • wolfe10's avatar
    wolfe10
    Explorer
    Jan 19, 2014
    Lar,

    Please tell us what brand and model inverter you have.
  • Executive45's avatar
    Executive45
    Explorer III
    Jan 19, 2014
    Mine, you simply hit the on/off button and it's off...please post the type and model of your inverter aa well as any markings on the control panel and someone will be able to help....different ones do different things.....Dennis

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