XANTREX inverter charger
When I turn on the charger it 100 dc amps & goes in to era. I can't figure out why it is drawing so much any ideas
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Are you saying you have a Prosine 2.0, 2,000 watt inverter/converter.
You said when you turn on the CHARGER it goes to 100 and then Error and why is it drawing so much. You are confused.
When you turn on the charger.. The maximum output of a Prosine 2.0 is 100 amps DC not drawn on the batteries but rater delivered to them.. a charge rate of 100 means you have programmed it inverter to deliver maximum (As I have) and you have either a SHORTED battery or a SHORTED lead (And a heavy one at that) or a very large battery band that is very very low (I have 550 amp hours, most of it new within the last year (I think 2000 amps was 2011) and if they are low (12 volt or less) they will suck 99 amps, I assume 100, but I saw 99, for a very brief period.
I'm guessing the error is "Shorted battery".
If it is a prosine you can go into set up mode (Download the manual if you do not have it) and read teh last 10 error codes.. Tell us what the code is and I can compare it to my manual.
Also in Installer (Setup) mode you can throttle the chager (Limit it's output) by, for example, turning down the "AC BREAKER SIZE" 10 amps should control it.
This will cause the charger to suck LESS than 10 amps, which means roughly 80-90 is now your max DC out.
You said when you turn on the CHARGER it goes to 100 and then Error and why is it drawing so much. You are confused.
When you turn on the charger.. The maximum output of a Prosine 2.0 is 100 amps DC not drawn on the batteries but rater delivered to them.. a charge rate of 100 means you have programmed it inverter to deliver maximum (As I have) and you have either a SHORTED battery or a SHORTED lead (And a heavy one at that) or a very large battery band that is very very low (I have 550 amp hours, most of it new within the last year (I think 2000 amps was 2011) and if they are low (12 volt or less) they will suck 99 amps, I assume 100, but I saw 99, for a very brief period.
I'm guessing the error is "Shorted battery".
If it is a prosine you can go into set up mode (Download the manual if you do not have it) and read teh last 10 error codes.. Tell us what the code is and I can compare it to my manual.
Also in Installer (Setup) mode you can throttle the chager (Limit it's output) by, for example, turning down the "AC BREAKER SIZE" 10 amps should control it.
This will cause the charger to suck LESS than 10 amps, which means roughly 80-90 is now your max DC out.
