markhbrown
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Hi,
I have a solar setup in my van with a xantrex 2000 prowatt inverter. It has gfci outlets on them. I just got my minisplit ac unit hooked up on the back of my van. THe problem I'm having is it trips the gfci outlets on the inverter. Now if I plug it into my garage gfci outlet it trips that too. It doesn't trip a regular 15 amp outlet, nor does it trip my gas generator. It happens when the outdoor unit makes a click sound, right before the compressor and fan start up. However, there is no surge when tested with a amp meter. I set the amp meter to max read to catch any split second surges. There are none when tested on regular outlets where it works fine. In fact it slowly starts at about 1 amp and slowly speeds up to max of 6 amps (120v). So there is no surge, pretty low wattage of around 600 max but it triggers the gfci. The guy who charged my lines checked it while running while plugged into the regular outlet and there was no short. everything read totally fine from line to neutral and ground. So what would be causing this gfci trigger? I hate to buy a new inverter just for this, especially if it ended up doing the same thing. Any thoughts?
I have a solar setup in my van with a xantrex 2000 prowatt inverter. It has gfci outlets on them. I just got my minisplit ac unit hooked up on the back of my van. THe problem I'm having is it trips the gfci outlets on the inverter. Now if I plug it into my garage gfci outlet it trips that too. It doesn't trip a regular 15 amp outlet, nor does it trip my gas generator. It happens when the outdoor unit makes a click sound, right before the compressor and fan start up. However, there is no surge when tested with a amp meter. I set the amp meter to max read to catch any split second surges. There are none when tested on regular outlets where it works fine. In fact it slowly starts at about 1 amp and slowly speeds up to max of 6 amps (120v). So there is no surge, pretty low wattage of around 600 max but it triggers the gfci. The guy who charged my lines checked it while running while plugged into the regular outlet and there was no short. everything read totally fine from line to neutral and ground. So what would be causing this gfci trigger? I hate to buy a new inverter just for this, especially if it ended up doing the same thing. Any thoughts?