Converter Question?

[sfish]

I have an Iota dls 75 converter and my conv breaker has tripped.I replaced the battery and the square d 20 amp breaker and it insantly trips I unplugged the converter and flipped the breaker and it holds. Am I missing something? I hate to replace the converter and find out I just wasted 400 dollars if it could be something else. Thanks for any help on this.

Steve

[camper4]

It looks like it is the converter. One last test... pull the converter out and plug it into another ac outlet on a different breaker, and see what happens.

[sfish]

Thanks for the info. It has a different plug on it so I cant plug it into a standard socket.

[camper4]

I looked up the 75 for specs and it had a normal 3 prong grounded 120v power cord. Sorry yours is different. I still think it is the converter though. You have checked most everything else.
Good luck with it.

[Tom S.]

Steve, try this: First, turn off all 12 volt items, including the refrigerator. Now unplug the converter and remove the heavy red charge wire from it. If needed, tape up the exposed copper wire to prevent it from touching anything metallic. Now reset your breaker and plug the converter back in. If the breaker trips, you definitely have a converter issue. If it doesn't, try touching the red wire to the terminal you disconnected it from. If the breaker pops, it means the converter is drawing too much current because the load on the red wire is too great. The cause for this could be from a short in the red wire. Use an ohm meter or continuity tester to see if the wire is shorted to ground somewhere. If it is, you either need to replace the wire, or find the short and fix it by repairing the wire. A bad battery or extremely discharged battery could also cause this. Just because a battery is new doesn't mean it's good, but I'm leaning towards a short in the red wire.

Whatever you find out, please post the results so it can help out anyone else with a similar problem!

[sfish]

Thanks Tom I will do it in the next couple of days and post my findings.

[sfish]

My 2008 3585 sa has the Iota 75 dls converter that I mentioned in the previous post.I havent been up north at my lake home where it is kept to check the red wire yet but my mind has since been questioning what is going on and I quess my question is do these units come with an invertor as well as a converter? I am confused .

Thanks Steve

[HamRad]

Steve,
As far as I know the Montana rigs do not come with an inverter only the converter. If you haven't contacted the Iota folks you might give them a call. Sorry I don't have a number handy.
Good luck.
Dennis

[sfish]

Thanks Dennis,

Thats what I Thought.But a couple of buddies are calling the converter an invertor. Thanks for your info.

[sfish]

Good news! I called Iota and told them what was going on with my converter/Breaker tripping and they told me to check battery and I did.They then sent me a new converter at no charge and all systems are a go!! I purchased the plug in Io4 and it is functioning properly.I am a happy camper once again.

Steve