Extend Inverter Remote with Phone Cord?
Merry Xmas everyone. So the question is if the inverter remote on/off is on one of those phone line looking cords with the same sort of jack but is too short, how can you add phone line to make it lo...
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I ran the remote with the inverter and it works.
I have some Cat5 and a coupler. Proved they work-tested using modem and computer.
Unplugged the remote from the inverter and stuck it in one end of the coupler. Stuck Cat5 in the other end of the coupler and into the inverter. (noted the coupler's females are flipped)
No nothing. Swapped around end for end etc, nothing. So something else must be going on between the inverter and the remote button panel not accounted for--although being sure to use the right sort of wire was mentioned ISTR.
Tried the remote plugged into the inverter again and it works :) So Mr Wiz is off the hook there.
Makes me wonder if doing an "insert" would not work either.
I have some Cat5 and a coupler. Proved they work-tested using modem and computer.
Unplugged the remote from the inverter and stuck it in one end of the coupler. Stuck Cat5 in the other end of the coupler and into the inverter. (noted the coupler's females are flipped)
No nothing. Swapped around end for end etc, nothing. So something else must be going on between the inverter and the remote button panel not accounted for--although being sure to use the right sort of wire was mentioned ISTR.
Tried the remote plugged into the inverter again and it works :) So Mr Wiz is off the hook there.
Makes me wonder if doing an "insert" would not work either.
