[C320-list] Freedom 10 inverter/charger

[Bruce Heyman]

If you have a volt meeter you can measure the voltage at the battery connection to the Charger.  If it reads zero look for a blown fuze or a missing or bad connector.
Bruce
Somerset Dana Point CA

Bruce Heyman
(949) 289-8400

jim brown <jbrown5093 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Are the new batteries the same type as the old ones? Sometimes you have to change the settings when changing battery types. 
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>Jim Brown
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> From: Gene Helfman <genehelfman at gmail.com>
>To: C320-List at catalina320.com 
>Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Freedom 10 inverter/charger
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>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.
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>gene
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>On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Rick Sulewski <rsulewski at bex.net> wrote:
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>> 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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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Gene Helfman
>> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:50 PM
>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>> Subject: [C320-list] Freedom 10 inverter/charger
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>> 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?
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>> Gene Helfman
>> *Satori*, #398 1997
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>> Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia PERMANENT address:
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>>     (360) 468-2136
>>    genehelfman at gmail.com
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>> "You noticed nobody gives a damn about beached minnows."
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>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
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>"You noticed nobody gives a damn about beached minnows."