[DonandBonnie]

With our recently installed solar the new larger inverter is mounted on the back wall of the battery compartment in the vacant space above the metal generator case. When we run the generator we get a "heat sink overheat" warning on the inverter display which shuts down our 110 in the unit until the inverter cools down. With compartment doors closed the warning comes on in about 20 minutes, about 40 minutes with the battery compartment door open and about an hour with both the battery door and generator compartment doors open. Outside ambient temperatures at the time of these runs was around 50 degrees F. This is indicating to us that the heat from the generator is causing the issue.

Has anyone encountered such an issue with an overheated inverter? We are exploring three possible solutions: 1. Add insulation within the battery compartment to block heat from the generator. 2. Try to find an after market fan that can be wired to operate when the generator is running to draw the heat out of the battery compartment. 3. If the first two solutions don't work, move the inverter to another location away from the generator heat. Any thoughts on these possible solutions?