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[Jyoung]

Originally Posted by TurnerFam

you'll need to help us help you by giving us more details:

- the did new inverter WORK after you installed it

I'm not sure why you would have replaced it, and maybe that's not 'today's' issue, but most of us would like to know, especially since you stated that "I am not familiar with this stuff..."

if you are plugged into Shore power, the Inverter simply provides PASS THRU 120v power to the 'sub-panel' of outlets that it powers - generally the FRIDGE, of course, and probably all the outlets you have in your coach, including the microwave. So, if you are not getting power to those outlets, and you have no breakers tripped in your panel, then you could either:

- have a tripped breaker on the Inverter itself(sometimes just a small 'push button' type)
- have lost the 12v power TO the Inverter, which will cause it to shut off and not operate, and not provide any pass-thru power, either... maybe a loose wire on one of the batteries, or the main battery cable to the Inverter

- it is also possible that you have lost a connection within your ATS(Automatic Transfer Switch), which might mean you have lost one 'side' of your incoming Shore or Gen power, which could be the same 'side' that feeds the Pass-thru 120v power to the Inverter - though in that situation you would probably still have a working Inverter, UNLESS the loss of power at the dealership drove down the batteries so low that now there is not enough to even power the Inverter's remote panel, or the Inverter itself. Inverters want to see 12v of power, and when they don't, they have a point at which they completely shut off.

The inverter did work after installation, we took a trip to Branson and it worked fine. We replaced it because the old one had burnt wires. We have no burnt wires now.

No power to any outlets in the coach and refrigerator not working. We are currently plugged into 50 amp shore power. Nothing on the GFCI (no light) No breakers tripped. We are getting 12.8 volts on the inverter fuse. Have not tried the reset on inverter, since we are getting 12.8 v do you think we should?.

We charged the batteries for 24 hours, they were pretty low after getting coach back from dealer, they had put it on charge for awhile so the coach would start. I even asked the dealership about the transfer switch, and he said... Maybe?? They never even looked at it! Is there a way to test that? Are they difficult to install? As far as we know this is the original transfer switch that came with the coach. TIA