Generator/Inverter question
We have a XANTREX inverter and an Onan onboard generator. Should the inverter be turned on when the generator is? there is a "battery state" guage on the left that is red when low, yellow med...
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Our 1997 Safari Sahara has a Heart Freedom inverter/charger with the wall-mounted remote inside the coach. Choices are “off” and “on” via a rocker switch on the remote. In reading over the manual after our purchase last summer, I found that one of the DIP switches on the back of the remote controls battery charging – one position is “charge when the inverter is turned on,” the other position is “charge continuously.”
I found mine was set to the “charge when the inverter is turned on” position by the previous owner. He also installed two BatteryMinders to maintain the fully charged battery banks instead of relying on the inverter.
Makes perfect sense to me. I turn the inverter on when I’m off-grid or when I choose to charge through the inverter, otherwise I usually leave the inverter off when hooked to shore power.
Wayne
I found mine was set to the “charge when the inverter is turned on” position by the previous owner. He also installed two BatteryMinders to maintain the fully charged battery banks instead of relying on the inverter.
Makes perfect sense to me. I turn the inverter on when I’m off-grid or when I choose to charge through the inverter, otherwise I usually leave the inverter off when hooked to shore power.
Wayne
