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[TurnerFam]

I have a new issue that started yesterday...

after some travel, I stopped and set up for the night, only on the Inverter... pretty normal and everything worked fine, until...

an hour or so later I lost all power, at least inverter powered items like the sat receiver ... which was the tip off to a problem. Went and looked at the inverter panel - the first time I’ve ever seen it just BLANK - nothing.
Strange, yes... went out and reset the inverter. Then the inverter panel was back on, but showed the inverter as OFF... only DC 12.4 Volts showing.
I pushed the inverter to ON, but it only ‘flickered’ ON and immediately went back off, and I noticed my lights flickered at the same time. What?
I pushed it on again, and this time not only did it immediately go back off, but all the 12v lights with it... then the screen went totally blank again.

I tried to push the ‘Use’ switch by the door - nothing.
I went out and reset the two BUSS Fuse breakers in the battery bay, tried the ‘Use’ switch again, and lights came back on(?)...

I called Magnum and they suggested that removing the top ‘phone type cable’ from the side of the inverter would probably override the issue, temporarily, since it is the tie in with the ‘Use/Store’ 12v disconnect switch. That worked - but an hour later, it all went dead again.

Today, I called Thor - who said it was probably the 12v disconnect ‘coil’ going bad, as it would work for a while, then not.
Sounds reasonable.... especially as on the generator or shore power, the inverter stays ‘on’, passing thru power.

Let know if you have any other ideas, and make sure the correct ‘device’ is what I’m looking at replacing(the first two pictures)... AND any ideas of what the other items are/do in the inverter bay(the other pictures)