Power Drain
Sorry this is so long. I was lucky enough that all trailer systems seemed to be working for a couple of years (except for day and night shades), so I got out of the habit of checking in to the forum...
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ok so a few things I need some clarification on, you talked about getting the inverter going so you could make your coffee, but then you said you unpluged it. were you pluged into shore power and trying to use your inverter at the same time?
a 400 watt load on the inverter, could it be the converter breaker was on so it was trying to charge your batteries? thats close to a 35 amp 12V output
my auto transfer switch died two seasons ago, but I had it set up so shore power was one input and my inverter output was the second one, I don't use a genny. so with mine I went to turn on mu inverter and I wasn't hearing the ATS change over and wasn't getting any 120V at all, but I also hade my converter power wired into the input shore power side of the ATS so there is no way my converter will start if I am not pluged in through the rv power cord. if you are not wired up this way and the converter power still comes off the in put to the power center then you have to run off the braker.
could it be a dying converter sure, easy test, just look up the testing voltages and procedure for your converter. I know for most I have had it is a spicif voltage with no batteries hooke up. it could be a few things, with out knowing exactly how its wired, I am just throwing a few things out there. the ATS usaly is a easy one, just take the cover off see if it is obvioulsy burnt, then try to change over to the two different inputs and see if it actualy switches.
Electrical gremlins / draws are sometimes difficult to figure out.
You’ve done a pretty good job trying to describe the issue but not enough for me to understand your setup.
You have effectively a residential solar power system that you’re powering the camper with but it’s only just a glorified battery bank that is supplyingDC power or is there an inverter and it’s effectively a shore power setup? AC power to the camper?
