Hi
I'll keep this basic but can add more to the post if needed. I've got a powmr 6kw inverter and It's powering my garage electrics. I've connected all the earth wires, and it has a 240v feed from the house fuse box. When the battery has power, it will invert the DC and power all my lights and sockets. I've tried to add my boiler circuit to it but the boiler gets an earth error and won't start. I've tested all sockets in the garage and they show no earth! But when I disconnect battery power and the inverter switches to AC input everything works fine in regards to the Earth, the tester shows good earth and the boiler fires up!
Is this due to fact its a cheap nasty inverter? Im tempted to replace with Vitron but dont want to waste money if they function similar with Earthing.
Also, another question, If you exceed the 6kw the whole power shuts off, I assumed it would either switch over to the AC input or draw additional current from the AC input to compensate? Temped to get a 5kw victron multiplus but if i exceed 5kw will that also overload and shut off all power?
cheers
I'll keep this basic but can add more to the post if needed. I've got a powmr 6kw inverter and It's powering my garage electrics. I've connected all the earth wires, and it has a 240v feed from the house fuse box. When the battery has power, it will invert the DC and power all my lights and sockets. I've tried to add my boiler circuit to it but the boiler gets an earth error and won't start. I've tested all sockets in the garage and they show no earth! But when I disconnect battery power and the inverter switches to AC input everything works fine in regards to the Earth, the tester shows good earth and the boiler fires up!
Is this due to fact its a cheap nasty inverter? Im tempted to replace with Vitron but dont want to waste money if they function similar with Earthing.
Also, another question, If you exceed the 6kw the whole power shuts off, I assumed it would either switch over to the AC input or draw additional current from the AC input to compensate? Temped to get a 5kw victron multiplus but if i exceed 5kw will that also overload and shut off all power?
cheers