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falconey · 07-14-2004, 07:07 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Bravellir

If you do not have nothing between the 30A fuse and the 20A from the inverter ( like the pic ) the only thing that occurs to me is that you had a faulty 20A fuse on the battery side before.

But, I do have a very similar setup 40A fuse battery side ( like this http://www.cartft.com/shop/catalog/il/19 ) and a 25A inline on the inverter side. The behaviour is the same. Beep but no reboot.
Latter I installed a 30A relay close to the inverter witch is used ( controlled by an itps ) as main power cut-off. Still works flawless ( if you exclude the problem I’m having with the inverter overheating and shutting off. It's kind of hot around here

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I did measure the voltage at the inverter and I got 9.9v while cranking. Maybe you could test this by measuring at the battery fuse and at the inverter fuse while cranking to check if a 20A fuse can cause the voltage to drop.

Good point I may try that out just in case it can help someone else.

07-14-2004, 07:07 PM	#7
falconey Maximum Bitrate Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Atlanta Vehicle: 95 Mitsu Diamante Posts: 836 My Photos: ()	Quote: Originally Posted by Bravellir If you do not have nothing between the 30A fuse and the 20A from the inverter ( like the pic ) the only thing that occurs to me is that you had a faulty 20A fuse on the battery side before. But, I do have a very similar setup 40A fuse battery side ( like this http://www.cartft.com/shop/catalog/il/19 ) and a 25A inline on the inverter side. The behaviour is the same. Beep but no reboot. Latter I installed a 30A relay close to the inverter witch is used ( controlled by an itps ) as main power cut-off. Still works flawless ( if you exclude the problem I’m having with the inverter overheating and shutting off. It's kind of hot around here ) I did measure the voltage at the inverter and I got 9.9v while cranking. Maybe you could test this by measuring at the battery fuse and at the inverter fuse while cranking to check if a 20A fuse can cause the voltage to drop. Good point I may try that out just in case it can help someone else.