Inverter No Longer Working

f22raptor

f22raptor

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We bought this from Nashua. It worked for 1.5 months until one day it made a sound at the same moment load shedding started. Can it be fixed?



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Anything can be fixed, the ultimate question is cost.

In your case should still be under warranty, no?
Unless you cause the problem ie: overload it of course
 
Did you run anything important from it? Did this thing exceed the power that thing can supply? Is the thing you ran from it still working? Does your inverter have air vents? Did you cover it with tape?
Can you smell the magic smoke? Did you see magic smoke come out? Once it's out, you can't put it back in again.
If there was smoke and the sound that came from it sounded like a bang, then my professional opinion is that it wont work anymore.
 
chuckles_the_cnt said:
Did you run anything important from it? Did this thing exceed the power that thing can supply? Is the thing you ran from it still working? Does your inverter have air vents? Did you cover it with tape?
Can you smell the magic smoke? Did you see magic smoke come out? Once it's out, you can't put it back in again.
If there was smoke and the sound that came from it sounded like a bang, then my professional opinion is that it wont work anymore.
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not even if you jump start it ?
 
Stonemason said:
Why is it covered with duct tape?
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Want to bet its the scratch cover tape that comes on glossy surfaces? If it was left on, may have impacted cooling but with all the spikes and crap we get with loadshedding, not a surprise that something pops and rather it than something else.

Sure its not a internal fuse maybe?
 
f22raptor said:
We bought this from Nashua. It worked for 1.5 months until one day it made a sound at the same moment load shedding started. Can it be fixed?



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Looking at that structured, neat cabling setup it is amazing it worked for that long, never mind the stuff connected to it.

Maybe ask Nashua whet they recommend, show them the photo as well.
 
AlphaJohn said:
R10 says he knew he f-ed up (Overload) instead of strait warranty claim

If he came out with that in 1st place I would have told him to check the 4 x 40A fuses inside 1st.

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yeah, just open it up - probably wont affect your warranty, looks safe too, those capacitors doesn't store anything, but it does help emptying bowels and bladders
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Before you do anything, like opening it up, trip the DC breakers to the batteries and disconnect the unit from the AC supply before you kill yourself or start a fire. Then open it up and take a look around and see if there's anything obvious wrong, like a burnt-out fuse or loose connection.
 
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