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JESTER7406
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Aug 23, 2013

Converter breaker trips..Help company coming tonight

Howdy all. I recently replaced my old broken converter with a progressive dynamics 4645. I followed the directions to a T. All worked well for a couple of days. That was 3 1/2 weeks ago. I just got home from work and went to fire everything up. The converter breaker was tripped and continues to trip when reset. No 12v anything working. 120v all fine. any ideas where to start.

Did I mention that company is coming tonight?

Ha.

Thank you,
Jesse

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  • JESTER7406's avatar
    JESTER7406
    Explorer
    Aug 23, 2013
    I took the batteries out. My batt charger stated fault with them in RV. When I installed converter I gave them a good clean and charge.

    The convereter still trips breaker.

    Im walking away completely frustrated tonight.

    In anyones optimisitc opinion is the converter still good? PD has a 2 year warranty but its prob a pain to do and I still wont have my rv for my vacation this week.
  • 2oldman's avatar
    2oldman
    Explorer II
    Aug 23, 2013
    JESTER7406 wrote:
    batteries are 6.2v and 4.8v per the multimeter
    Your batteries are gone. Also, you said no 12v works. Another sign of shot batteries.

    What concerns me though is you said with the batteries out the converter still pukes. It *should* be ok.
  • pianotuna's avatar
    pianotuna
    Nomad III
    Aug 23, 2013
    Hi,

    You lost a cell in one battery. The converter may have burned itself out trying to charge that cell up.
  • JESTER7406's avatar
    JESTER7406
    Explorer
    Aug 23, 2013
    neg disconnect = no change
    batteries out = no change
    batteries are 6.2v and 4.8v per the multimenter

    at this point im guessing either bad batteries (kirkland brand 2+ years old with my stellar maint.) or somthing left on. Or miswiring somewhere.

    I lean toward the first 2 since it worked for a couple of days.
  • Bobbo's avatar
    Bobbo
    Explorer III
    Aug 23, 2013
    pianotuna wrote:
    Hi,

    Try disconnecting the negative battery cable. Does the breaker still trip?

    Good question!
  • pianotuna's avatar
    pianotuna
    Nomad III
    Aug 23, 2013
    Hi,

    Try disconnecting the negative battery cable. Does the breaker still trip?
  • Bobbo's avatar
    Bobbo
    Explorer III
    Aug 23, 2013
    You have got a short circuit somewhere in the converter circuit. You probably need to pull the converter out and check all of the wiring. In the meantime, get a 50 amp battery charger, put it on the batteries, and plug it into the (working) 120v system. That will get you through the night.

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