Trying to understand - inverter?
New 5er, 2 weeks old. 2019 Montana High Country 375FL. I'm still trying to figure out how things work on it. Because of another thread, I decided to do some exploring and self-education on my inverter...
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There is a device called an Automatic Transfer Switch. Depending on your inverter it may be built in or it may be an independent box.
When you have shore power it "Switches over" to shore.
My old inverter.. had 2 off switches. ONE of them was on the inverter itself and if you turned it off. it was OFF. and I mean OFF no power passed that box.
Turn it on and you had a remote switch that "Disabled" the inverter (or charger module different switch) if that was OFF shore power lost things no longer worked. ON they ran off battery.
My NEW inverter has an on/off button. if you do not have shore power you can turn the inverter on and off with the button. IF you do have shore power the inverter turns itself on and if shore power is lost UPS mode it turns on and I mean faster than you can blink.
I still have one problem with the new inverter though. Will figure it out later.
When you have shore power it "Switches over" to shore.
My old inverter.. had 2 off switches. ONE of them was on the inverter itself and if you turned it off. it was OFF. and I mean OFF no power passed that box.
Turn it on and you had a remote switch that "Disabled" the inverter (or charger module different switch) if that was OFF shore power lost things no longer worked. ON they ran off battery.
My NEW inverter has an on/off button. if you do not have shore power you can turn the inverter on and off with the button. IF you do have shore power the inverter turns itself on and if shore power is lost UPS mode it turns on and I mean faster than you can blink.
I still have one problem with the new inverter though. Will figure it out later.
