jleonard
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Early spring when I connected to shore power while on the hard, the Xantrex inverter relay would keep clicking off and not let power go to my boat panel. Maybe a 3-4 second cycle.
I took the inverter home removed some panels looking for corrosion or burned wires on a relay. Seeing nothing I ran 120 to it from my house and it worked fine. Powered a light and a drill from a car battery and it worked fine.
Back on the boat it clicked again, but when I connected to shore power with a two prong adapter it worked fine. That did not seem unusual to me as I and others have had trouble using power on the hard because of the GCFI outlets.
Ok so I get launched today and the relay in the invereter starts clicking again so the boat does not have shore power. Dock voltage is a little low at about 105 v. Shore power cord is new. I took my boat power receptacle apart and the green wire was barely clamped, so I took all the wores out and re-stripped them and re-connected everything.
I still get the clicking.
Any ideas what's happeneing and how to fix?
I took the inverter home removed some panels looking for corrosion or burned wires on a relay. Seeing nothing I ran 120 to it from my house and it worked fine. Powered a light and a drill from a car battery and it worked fine.
Back on the boat it clicked again, but when I connected to shore power with a two prong adapter it worked fine. That did not seem unusual to me as I and others have had trouble using power on the hard because of the GCFI outlets.
Ok so I get launched today and the relay in the invereter starts clicking again so the boat does not have shore power. Dock voltage is a little low at about 105 v. Shore power cord is new. I took my boat power receptacle apart and the green wire was barely clamped, so I took all the wores out and re-stripped them and re-connected everything.
I still get the clicking.
Any ideas what's happeneing and how to fix?