Kim (skyking4ar2) Bertram
Moderator Emeritus
2017 - the year of catastrophe - it was Alaska or Bust and we have done our share of busting.
Very long story shortened - We are in a 2012 Thor Tuscany 42RQ with a Magnum 2000 pure sine wave inverter. Last night, we heard a pop as we went to bed, a 15 amp circuit breaker was blown, the breaker would not reset, we pulled everything out of the circuit, and it reset. The culprit is possibly a six way to one Belkin power outlet, but that is immaterial at the moment.
All of our 120vac outlets run off the inverter and while looking for another problem unrelated with the 50 shore power disconnected, I realized we were not inverting. Could not get a response from the Magnum ME-RMC panel and a local RV tech helped me determine the inverter died. It does allow power to pass through but will not invert.
I can find that inverter for around $1500 online but an RV dealer in ABQ who specializes in such things wants ~$2500 installed and out the door.
I am not sidelined but it is inconvenient to keep using the generator if I need stop along the road overnight without services.
Also, I am not an electrician, but I can follow instructions well, can test with a test protocol, and I am smart enough to keep my fingers and tools away from hot circuits.
Bottom line - Is this replacement something I want to tackle on my own? The inverter is a sealed unit and I feel sure a $2 part failed. I went through this with Directv where I only needed a wire that snapped and they would not sell me that piece of wire. Once bitten, twice shy. (And I don't have any reservation about breaking into the old one and have a bench genius repair it afterwards.)
Thoughts?
Kim
Very long story shortened - We are in a 2012 Thor Tuscany 42RQ with a Magnum 2000 pure sine wave inverter. Last night, we heard a pop as we went to bed, a 15 amp circuit breaker was blown, the breaker would not reset, we pulled everything out of the circuit, and it reset. The culprit is possibly a six way to one Belkin power outlet, but that is immaterial at the moment.
All of our 120vac outlets run off the inverter and while looking for another problem unrelated with the 50 shore power disconnected, I realized we were not inverting. Could not get a response from the Magnum ME-RMC panel and a local RV tech helped me determine the inverter died. It does allow power to pass through but will not invert.
I can find that inverter for around $1500 online but an RV dealer in ABQ who specializes in such things wants ~$2500 installed and out the door.
I am not sidelined but it is inconvenient to keep using the generator if I need stop along the road overnight without services.
Also, I am not an electrician, but I can follow instructions well, can test with a test protocol, and I am smart enough to keep my fingers and tools away from hot circuits.
Bottom line - Is this replacement something I want to tackle on my own? The inverter is a sealed unit and I feel sure a $2 part failed. I went through this with Directv where I only needed a wire that snapped and they would not sell me that piece of wire. Once bitten, twice shy. (And I don't have any reservation about breaking into the old one and have a bench genius repair it afterwards.)
Thoughts?
Kim