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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    Decided to take some current measurements from the Duxtop Model BT-200DZ induction cook top to find out if it pulsated 100% power on and off or actually provided variable power settings. Below are the factory power settings and my results using a clamp meter. Although I didn't test all 20...
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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    With the cost of a higher end inverter being $600+, I think I'm going to roll the dice and buy another GOWISE, or maybe try a GIANDEL and hope it will last a few years unless anyone has a lead of a good sale going on. Thinking of what may have contributed to the inverter failure. 1500w...
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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    I think the power button default is off, but to be sure I tried pre-charging with and without pressing the button. Same results with both attempts, with resister held to the inverter and touching + at fuse got a larger spark and resister got hot. After checking that I still had power from...
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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    With inverter completely disconnected and measuring no voltage, the resistance at the +/- connections started low and ramped up leveling at 4.23. The GoWise 1500 has a built-in push power button and remote, so I first tested without pressing the power button and then retested after pressing the...
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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    Attempted to pre-charge the inverter today using the resister shown in the below pic. While holding the positive cable that is connected to the inverter, I held the resister to the cables other end and touched the resister to the battery connection point (Victron lynx distributor hacked with...
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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    This leaves me wondering why the inverter operated flawlessly for the past year without ever pre-charging it and this is with me routinely turning the master power switch on/off between trips. The no power problem occurred after the inverter provided power to successfully run the coffee maker...
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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    Update, back home in North Carolina so it's time to try and figure out what went wrong. To recap. I lost both AC and DC power one morning after brewing coffee. Discovered that removing the inverter from the electrical system allowed a charge to the batteries from Victron DC to DC charger or...
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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    Update. As I headed south from Northern Utah, temps were above 32f so turned my DC to DC charger on and charged the batteries while driving, batteries charged so I turned the fridge back on and have been charging and using dc power, fridge, lights, water pump, usb ports without any issues. I...
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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    The temp just dropped to freezing so I have stopped charging, expected highs for the next few days as around freezing. Heading to Southern California Dec 26, so will continue charging in warmer weather.
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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    31F degrees here in Layton Utah but I need to restore power so tried the two easiest suggestions first. 1) changed my Victron Orion Smart charger to power supply but charger still would not operate, I did notice that the green light was not illuminated, tried the same thing with my Victron blue...
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    Batteries died and will not accept charge. Help!

    Currently on a road trip from North Carolina to California and my batteries have died (current voltage is 4.5v). Wole up this morning, turned on the coffee maker and went into the store. When I came back had hot coffee but noticed the coffee maker light was off and then discovered all power...
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    Running a GFCI outlet from inverter.

    @mikefitz and others Inverter is, GoWise Power PS1005-NP. I don't have the electrical knowledge to determine if the inverter is or can be PE bonded, if a bond exists, modified or not allowed. Inverter manual link...
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    Running a GFCI outlet from inverter.

    The 3 outlets on the inverter do not have the typical GFCI reset button and there is no mention in the manual of CFCI.
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    Running a GFCI outlet from inverter.

    Any words of wisdom, even if just sharing how you have did this? Since I would be plugging into the inverters three prong 120v outlet I would think the proposed installation would be safe. If adding the GFCI is an issue then perhaps just use a standard 120v outlet? My thinking is these two...
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