[C320-list] Freedom 10 inverter/charger

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Gene

I have the older model Freedom 20 (Black Mental Case)  .  The Freedom 20 is about the  same as the Freedom 10 difference is amount of Watts and Amps they put out.

If you have not yet toggled the On/Off switch on the unit on and off you may want to try that... the on/off switch also functions as a circuit breaker.  I would try and reset the charger first then check at the batteries and see you a charge coming out.  You can also check teh big round red switch that is the Heart interface switch if that got push in teh wrong direction your battiers will not charge.

Tony 




-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Heyman <bruceheyman at cox.net>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Mon, Apr 15, 2013 9:20 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Freedom 10 inverter/charger


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?
>>
>>
>> Gene Helfman
>> *Satori*, #398 1997
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>> 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."
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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."