Converter Causing Generator Surge
I have a 5th wheel with a Progressive Dynamics Inteli-Power Converter. When dry camping we use a Honda 2000 generator to recharge the batteries. Lately when I start the generator in the morning and th...
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Paula and Paul,
I have only heard of this one other time. It seems to be a function of how inverter generators and switching power devices interact. It isn't the PD that is doing it and and it isn't the Honda. It is the two of them not agreeing on moment by moment basis. Both systems as massively non-linear (Duh), but if their non-linearity happens in the same place, strange things can happen.
No, I don't have an immediate fix. But, I don't think that re-arranging the battery cables to be the right way will fix the surging.
Matt
I have only heard of this one other time. It seems to be a function of how inverter generators and switching power devices interact. It isn't the PD that is doing it and and it isn't the Honda. It is the two of them not agreeing on moment by moment basis. Both systems as massively non-linear (Duh), but if their non-linearity happens in the same place, strange things can happen.
No, I don't have an immediate fix. But, I don't think that re-arranging the battery cables to be the right way will fix the surging.
Matt
