jglass
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OK, Tonight, running on the house batteries, I investigated how many outlets had power when I turned on the DC/AC inverter. It appears only the front and rear TV outlets receive power from the inverter.
Next I tried turning on the TV from the inverter and nothing. The digital/analog converter is also dead and so is the VCR and disk player. Then I turned off the DC/AC inverter and started up the generator and still no TV and no converter. Way in the back of the cabinet I could see an outlet with something plugged in, the other opening vacant so I plugged in a 120v light and it worked. I checked all the outlets in the area and they all have AC power. What is up with the TV? It worked fine last night from both the inverter and AC power. I checked all the circuit breakers and they are ok.
I suspect the inverter. There must be a circuit to protect the inverter when the generator is on or connected to AC power.
Ok, I did another test and the rear TV outlet is now dead. I tested that outlet with one of those lighted receptacle testers. I'll bet that did something to the inverter???
Near the inverter ON/OFF switch I see what looks like some GFI push buttons and the word "Leviton". I'll bet that thing needs to be reset?
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OK, Tonight, running on the house batteries, I investigated how many outlets had power when I turned on the DC/AC inverter. It appears only the front and rear TV outlets receive power from the inverter.
Next I tried turning on the TV from the inverter and nothing. The digital/analog converter is also dead and so is the VCR and disk player. Then I turned off the DC/AC inverter and started up the generator and still no TV and no converter. Way in the back of the cabinet I could see an outlet with something plugged in, the other opening vacant so I plugged in a 120v light and it worked. I checked all the outlets in the area and they all have AC power. What is up with the TV? It worked fine last night from both the inverter and AC power. I checked all the circuit breakers and they are ok.
I suspect the inverter. There must be a circuit to protect the inverter when the generator is on or connected to AC power.
Ok, I did another test and the rear TV outlet is now dead. I tested that outlet with one of those lighted receptacle testers. I'll bet that did something to the inverter???
Near the inverter ON/OFF switch I see what looks like some GFI push buttons and the word "Leviton". I'll bet that thing needs to be reset?
Edit by staff - changed message icon to topic solved