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Originally Posted by Shawn62

Take some measurements with the inverter off and see what you get. It is my understanding that there is a bypass switch in the inverter that allows shore power or generator power through the inverter to the inverter receptacles and your residential refrigerator. If not on SP or Generator your battery bank and inverter power these items.

The inverter uses power exclusively from the house batteries. That said most RV inverters have a pass-through relay that, when in the normal mode, will pass-through 120 volt current; however, the inverter and display are still powered by the batteries. The charger may be supplying power to charge the batteries but the batteries are still powering the inverter. If you have a Xantrex Freedom XI inverter, you cannot turn it off when there is 120 volt power to the inverter's pass-through circuits. The off function of the inverter is only available is there no power to the inverter's pass-through relay.