Xanrex Inverter/Charger Over Charging
We had a solar panel and inverter installed when we bought our Jayco Whitehawk TT as well as converting the 12 volt to two six volt batteries. Expensive ones. The first time we used the inverter whil...
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time2roll - Thanks for sticking with me.
I heard back from the service manager. He sent a picture of a Zamp controller,exactly what I was searching for, and said it should have been included in the solar kit. Said I should have found it above the sink area. There is only one space where it would fit and it sure wasn't there. On an off crazy chance, I even looked inside the cabinets where I should have seen it just in the course of putting away dishes. All things considered, I'm almost willing to bet good money they never installed it.
Do I read you right that normally turning the inverter and the converter on and off should not be necessary but because the wiring may have been screwed up that is what would be necessary to prevent the excessive battery drain?
If the solar has been routed through the fuse panel to the OEM converter with no controller in the path would disconnecting the OEM converter by disconnecting that "converter pos" wire remove the solar from the equation and thus stop the overcharging?
I'm also keeping in mind back at the beginning when I first turned on the system after the original install and it fried TV, inverter/converter, and I think even the batteries. That would kind of indicate a complete lack of competence in the first place which could well have been repeated when they replaced everything. We even discovered that the new TV they installed isn't connected to the on board stereo system any longer so you can only use the TV speakers instead of being able to switch "rooms" or to the outside speakers. Cluster **** is a phrase the comes to mind.
I heard back from the service manager. He sent a picture of a Zamp controller,exactly what I was searching for, and said it should have been included in the solar kit. Said I should have found it above the sink area. There is only one space where it would fit and it sure wasn't there. On an off crazy chance, I even looked inside the cabinets where I should have seen it just in the course of putting away dishes. All things considered, I'm almost willing to bet good money they never installed it.
Do I read you right that normally turning the inverter and the converter on and off should not be necessary but because the wiring may have been screwed up that is what would be necessary to prevent the excessive battery drain?
If the solar has been routed through the fuse panel to the OEM converter with no controller in the path would disconnecting the OEM converter by disconnecting that "converter pos" wire remove the solar from the equation and thus stop the overcharging?
I'm also keeping in mind back at the beginning when I first turned on the system after the original install and it fried TV, inverter/converter, and I think even the batteries. That would kind of indicate a complete lack of competence in the first place which could well have been repeated when they replaced everything. We even discovered that the new TV they installed isn't connected to the on board stereo system any longer so you can only use the TV speakers instead of being able to switch "rooms" or to the outside speakers. Cluster **** is a phrase the comes to mind.
