Inverter Swap 1000 for 2000watts

That's wild
I randomly look for these freedom inverter and never find anything
Would be nice to find some parts to fix my broken one, or get a replacement spare
My current INVERTER, is a Tripplite PV1250 a real work horse, no charger built in,

Unreal road runner thanks for those 2 threads. I tested my fuse on the freedom 10 and as suspected its perfectly in range. We are back to the relays I guess and in that second thread he just replaced all 3 because there is no way to identify the "transfer" relay. I have found them for about $3 online, maybe I should do this. It's starting to sound like its actually a fairly common problem on these things. Still killing me that the freedom 20 would also have the same issue, but I'm starting to wonder about how much that seller really knew about the unit.

Unreal side note: I emailed someone about a control panel yesterday (while suspecting it) that had mentioned in his ad "if you buy this control panel you can have the old inverter for free if you pay shipping". I asked him what the inverter was and he replied this morning "its a working freedom 10 unit". I could not believe my dumb luck (or maybe at this point i deserve it lol) so I hit buy it now on the panel for $20 and free shipping. Long story short I am getting a working freedom 10 and a new control panel for the grand total of $35 lol. I'm going to have a pile of these things before this is over. Unbelievably this is the only freedom 10 I have ever found online anywhere for under $1000.

I hit the search engines and found two common things associated with your suspected failure: (1) Bad control board, and (2) Blown internal fuse(s). Since the fuse(s) are on at least one board, a board with a blown fuse could possibly be considered a bad board. Go through these 2 threads for info and a few pictures. One post claims you can determine if one of the fuses is blown by just measuring resistance at the AC input.

http://community.fmca.com/topic/464-freedom-458-series-invertercharger-2000w/
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f54/xantrax-freedom-458-problem-188358.html

Just found this for sale locally. Cant help but wonder if this would work for me. It's very similar to what is in my rig it looks like. Even the little breakers on it the phone line for remote and the indicator lights look similar. Its a 1050 watt inverter/ charger. I know I am getting ahead of myself but I wanna keep my options open lol

https://wilmington.craigslist.org/tls/d/vannerpower-inverter-battery/6263584038.html

Sorry for all the random posts tonight

Here is the entire thread for anyone interested its only 2 pages but these guys seem to really know the freedom units and how they are wired directly from shore etc:

https://forums.sailboatowners.com/index.php?threads/ac-power-failure-on-freedom-2500-ideas.108152/

I just found this on a post from a sailboat owners forum. Sounds like he had a very similar problem and found that it he fried the ac circuit board, but look at this comment from someone who was chatting with him after the problem was solved. It sounds like perhaps there might be a "shore power fuse" that I am missing?
Hi Rick, whew! Any explanation as to what caused the AC circuit board to fail? ... However, I am puzzled as to why your board failed. Your boat should have a fuse at the shore power socket and I believe the Freedom 2500 is protected at the front end of the AC input.
Terry and Rick,

C'mon, don't boards fail, and sometimes there don't have to be "reasons." I do like the rodents, though... Is anybody actually putting these huge boxes someplace where water would get to them???

The shorepower fuse is usually at the panel, which is downstream of the AC inlet AND the inverter output. Think about the way it's wired on the AC side: AC in, to Freedom, then to panel. And, yes, the Freedoms have circuit breakers built in.

Added - Terry, many older boats do not have fuses "behind" the incoming shorepower receptacle. Those fuses only serve to "protect" the wiring from the receptacle to the boat's electrical panel main AC breaker (or in this case, the Freedom inverter with it's built in internal transfer switch) and the wiring from it to the AC main panel breaker. That fuse is overkill, IMHO. Doesn't hurt to have it, though. I completely agree with you on the starting of the invert function, and with our Freedoms and our Links everything can be controlled manually, I like that setup, too.

AFAIK yes, same remote
one shipped with the '20' might say '20' , its simply model branding

my remote is the cheap one ? no indicator LED bars
it says Freedom on the bottom, no model #, and Safari on the top (my motorhome)
and has a single led and switch and a duplex outlet

i think everything in this thing got branded Safari
the inverter switch panel, the RV tank monitor, even the dash board

I see the dip switch information in the manual and I understand it ok. The only thing I would say is that I did not change any of the dip switch positions during this whole ordeal so they should still be in the proper location for my rig? Unless they "trip" like a breaker, but i don't see anywhere that indicates that. I will check these trouble shooting indicators they are talking about. I am still suspicious of this remote control panel, but we unplugged it from the unit and tested everything separately so I don't see how it could be the problem? One thing I need to confirm is the remote panel is the same for a freedom 10 and 20. It looks the same and works and shows the same readings as the 10 but I think it does specifically say "freedom 10" on the front.

yeah that is strange

according to the manual
output IDLE voltage, no loads turned for the inverter to power
10v to 55v

15vac idle is near perfect

dip switches 7&8 control power sharing
this is the ability of the inverter to reduce battery charging when there is a load using power on the pass thru
normally comes set for 15amps
which is the max setting

I will prepare to bench test the freedom 10 tomorrow. I must say the only thing to me that is still beyond baffling is that both units would have the EXACT same issue. It seems unbelievable actually.