[C320-list] Freedom 10 inverter/charger

[Gene Helfman]

Thanks to all for the suggestions.  We're getting power from the batteries
now that we've replaced them, and I know the main breaker is on from shore
power after I rediscovered it when I turned shore power back on last week
(amazing what you forget over the winter).  But Bruce's idea on checking
in-line fuses near the battery is totally new to me and I will try to hunt
them down tomorrow.  I'm glad to hear dip switches are an unlikely culprit;
I find them intimidating.

gene


On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Rick Sulewski <rsulewski at bex.net> wrote:

> Gene,
> Did you check to see if the main breaker may have been turned off?
> My main breaker is located in the aft port locker and is easily switched
> off
> when storing gear over the winter layover.
> Rick
>
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> Subject: [C320-list] Freedom 10 inverter/charger
>
> After a winter of shameful neglect in which all three old batteries
> completely discharged (two 4Ds and a smaller backup) and died and were
> replaced (kaching), we now find we're getting no output from our 15 yr old
> Freedom 10 inverter/charger. This means that batteries are not being
> charged
> when on shore power and there's no electricity from the AC outlets when
> we're just running on batteries.  We have current flow to the
> inverter/charger and its fuse is not blown.  We have turned the inverter on
> and off and pushed the two reset breaker buttons on the top to no avail.
>  Are there resets we are missing, do we need to play with dip switches,
> etc?
> Should we go through the steps in the manual for initial installation?  Or
> is the unit toast? Does anyone have experience with this?
>
>
> Gene Helfman
> *Satori*, #398 1997
>
> --
> Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
> Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia PERMANENT address:
>     498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
>     (360) 468-2136
>     genehelfman at gmail.com
>
> "You noticed nobody gives a damn about beached minnows."
>
>


-- 
Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
PERMANENT address:
    498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
    (360) 468-2136
    genehelfman at gmail.com

"You noticed nobody gives a damn about beached minnows."