Inverted voltage on 1999 Ultimate Freedom 40J

Your Xantrex Freedom invertor should be powering a few outlets in the coach in addition to maintaining a battery charge. Which outlets it will provide power is dependent of how it was installed. Also verify with the uses manual if it must be activated when power is lost. I'm not familiar enough with the model to know off hand. You could also call Winnebago to find out which outlets it is connected too.

Operating The Freedom SW 2000
OFF Mode
You can manually transition the Freedom SW 2000 to OFF
while in Invert Mode by pressing the ON/STANDBY switch once. In OFF Mode, no indicator lights are illuminated and the display screen shows blank.
Once in OFF Mode, if qualified AC power becomes available then the unit
automatically starts charging. However, when AC becomes unavailable, the
unit will not transition to Invert Mode until the ON/STANDBY switch is
pressed once.
Then put a light on various plugs till the bulb illuminates

Koo-B-Yon wrote:
In speaking with another Winnie owner tonight during a power outage, he mentioned that his TV was running on the inverter during the outage. My Question: are there special outlets that are designated to supply 120V when no shore power is on, and if so, Where, oh where can they be? I have a Freedom 2 Kw inverter, but have never found anything that it does, other than charge the batteries. The inverter was changed out about 2 years ago, but I never noticed if it was any different before then.

as others here mention.The inverter has to be in auto mode or left in on position otherwise must manually turn it on.
There are no "special" outlets at all. You just need to meter outlets
when on invert to see which ones are live.usually the main factory installed tv is one of them. one of the kitchen outlets and one in the bedroom. others may vary

Here's the Body, 110 Volt Wiring Diagram for your coach. It will show you what's connected to the inverter and what isn't.

A 2K inverter should power the micro and many of the outlets in the LR and BR plus those behind the TV but it helps to turn it on. On my control panel I have to push the on/ off button once to wake it up (the screen will then show battery percent) and then again to turn on the inverter... 115V From then on it will automatically invert until I push the on/off button twice to turn it off which I do when leaving the MH if boondocking.

Koo-B-Yon wrote:
In speaking with another Winnie owner tonight during a power outage, he mentioned that his TV was running on the inverter during the outage. My Question: are there special outlets that are designated to supply 120V when no shore power is on, and if so, Where, oh where can they be? I have a Freedom 2 Kw inverter, but have never found anything that it does, other than charge the batteries. The inverter was changed out about 2 years ago, but I never noticed if it was any different before then.

While I do not yet know if the Freedom is like mine.. I know my inverter has the ability to be "Turned off" I can set it as follows:
1: OFF: Nothing passes, it will not even pass power to outlets
2: ON but non operational. Both Inverter and charger disabled. It will pass power to outlets, but will not invert or charge batteries
3: inverter on (Standby/Operating auto switch) in this mode it will pass power IF present or invert (make 120 volts) and send it on if needed
4: Converter/charger on (makes 12 volt out of 120 volt shore/generator power)
5: Both 3 and 4

You may have the inverter disabled. BINGO this is from the owner's manual:

97-0019-01-01
15
Freedom Inverter/Charger Operation
Start Up Behavior
When the Freedom SW is powered up
or has been reset, all of the
front panel LEDs turn on and remain on for a minimum of five
seconds. During this interval, the fans are also turned on as the unit
executes internal diagnostics.
Out of the box from the factory,
when the Freedom SW is powered
up (that is, when AC and DC powe
r sources are connected) for the
first time, the inverter function
is disabled by default. After
powering up, the
INVERTER ENABLE
button (or the “Up” button
on the SCP) can be used to enable or disable inverter function. See
“Inverter Operation Using the Front Panel” on page 16 and “Enable/
disable inverter function (

Instructions can be found on page 25.

Assuming that there haven't been any alterations to your wiring, you can download the wiring schematics for your rig directly from Winnebagoind.com.

I have all of them for the 2002 models of the Adventurer on disc. Easy search and download.

Your operation manual will tell you how the system and it is downloadable from Winnie too. It is over 150 pages I would guess. Mine is about 130 pages.

I carry the electrical drawings and a complete parts list as well as the original owner manual on discs in the RV at all times.