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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
TABLE 1 – INVERTER POWER SWITCH TURNED ON
TROUBLE/ INDICATION
POSSIBLE CAUSE
SUGGESTED REMEDY
No AC output;
Yellow LED lit
Green LED not lit
DC input below 10 volts
Recharge or replace battery
Inverter overheat
thermal
shutdown
Remove or reduce load, wait
for inverter to cool.
No AC output;
Red & Green LED not lit
Inverter fuses open
Contact technical support
Non-continuous AC output;
Red LED lit on & off
Green LED lit
Inverter output power limited
by overload / short circuit
protection circuit
Reduce load or remove short
circuit.
No AC output (latch up);
Red LED lit
Green LED lit
Earth fault protection is
activated by excessive
current leakage from the
load.
Unplug the faulted load.
Low battery alarm sounds
abnormal
Bad connection or wiring
Tighten all DC connections
Low battery alarm sounds
Low battery voltage
Recharge or replace battery
Motorized power tool won’t start Excessive start-up load
If appliance does not start,
then appliance is drawing
excessive wattage and will not
work with inverter
Motorized power tool does not
operate at correct speed
Purely inductive load
Make the load not purely
inductive. Operate an
incandescent lamp at same
time as motor
TV/ Radio interference;
Snow in picture, buzz in
speaker
Appliance too close to
inverter
Keep inverter and antenna
distant from each other. Use
shielded antenna cable.
Connect antenna with
amplifier.
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