HELP! Converter problems
Leaving tomorrow morning for a week camping. This morning I find the converter is pooched. It's a Parallax 7100 When I plug into 120 volt with battery disconnected, I get a one second flash of th...
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I wouldn't let this defer camping - use a battery charger as substitute converter and diagnose/fix later when your not camping. As you probably know - the older series parallax converters don't have the best rep and upgrading to modern smart converter maybe smart regardless.
Not sure why some of the items work and others don't - that would usually imply fuse/loose wiring except that you seem to imply everything works on battery only. At any rate I would start with checking the distribution panel for loose wiring/fuses and check the output of the converter. Some of the older converters require battery to operate and I think your distribution panel is setup so some of the DC power is filtered through the battery (probably the fridge) ... so maybe you don't have an issue.
Not sure why some of the items work and others don't - that would usually imply fuse/loose wiring except that you seem to imply everything works on battery only. At any rate I would start with checking the distribution panel for loose wiring/fuses and check the output of the converter. Some of the older converters require battery to operate and I think your distribution panel is setup so some of the DC power is filtered through the battery (probably the fridge) ... so maybe you don't have an issue.
