Troubleshooting Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 5-1Troubleshooting reference

 

 

 

Problem

 

Possible Cause

 

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over-

 

Inverter has

 

Turn off the AC Outlet ON/OFF

 

temperature

 

overheated due to poor

 

switch and let the XPower

 

shutdown

 

ventilation or

 

Powerpack cool down.

 

 

 

excessively warm

 

 

 

 

 

environmental

 

Disconnect the 12Vdc appliance and

 

 

 

conditions.

 

let the XPower Powerpack cool

 

 

 

 

 

down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alarm sounds

 

Internal battery is

 

Turn the AC outlet ON/OFF switch

 

 

 

nearly discharged.

 

OFF and recharge the XPower

 

 

 

(11.0 V).

 

Powerpack.

 

 

 

If you ignore this

 

 

 

 

 

warning, the XPower

 

 

 

 

 

Powerpack

 

 

 

 

 

automatically switches

 

 

 

 

 

off when the battery

 

 

 

 

 

reaches 10.5 V.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measured AC

 

Use of an

 

The modified sine wave (MSW)

 

output voltage

 

average-reading AC

 

output of the XPower Powerpack

 

is too low.

 

voltmeter to read

 

requires a true RMS reading meter,

 

 

 

output voltage.

 

such as the Fluke 87 series, for

 

 

 

 

 

accurate measurement.

 

 

 

 

 

A typical reading on a non-true RMS

 

 

 

 

 

meter should show between 98 Vac

 

 

 

 

 

to120 Vac.

 

 

 

Battery is almost fully

 

Press Display Function button to

 

 

 

discharged.

 

verify battery status and recharge the

 

 

 

 

 

XPower Powerpack as necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

“Battery Charge %” reading on the

 

 

 

 

 

digital display is only accurate when

 

 

 

 

 

the XPower Powerpack has been

 

 

 

 

 

disconnected from all appliances and

 

 

 

 

 

all charging sources for fifteen

 

 

 

 

 

minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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