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Inverter relay switch ? - Guy - 01-11-2024

Curiosity got the best of me today, I have been aware of this switch for     a long time. I would really like to understand it, and how it relates to the inverter. This switch is located behind a false wall in a closet directly above the incoming street power. (Hint #1)  

I am "assuming" that if no 120 volt street or generator power is available, this relay having no coil current, allows both 120 volt circuits to energize the two inverter circuits in the coach?

RE: Inverter relay switch ? - [email protected] - 01-13-2024

(01-11-2024, 07:12 PM)Guy Wrote:  Curiosity got the best of me today, I have been aware of this switch for a long time. I would really like to understand it, and how it relates to the inverter. This switch is located behind a false wall in a closet directly above the incoming street power. (Hint #1)  

I am "assuming" that if no 120 volt street or generator power is available, this relay having no coil current, allows both 120 volt circuits to energize the two inverter circuits in the coach?

So unfortunately I am not able to tell you exactly how this is wired but I can give you some tips for possibly figuring it out, unless someone else has already done this. So the orange and green wires are connected to the relays coil. If you follow the orange wire it appears that it leaves the enclosure and i suspect this is the wire that is controlling the relay. You should also be able to look at the side of the relay and see what the coil voltage is, that will also give you a clue as to what is controlling this relay, 12v DC or 120v AC. So you could also use your meter to see where you have voltage and when. 
So if it works as if I think it does here is what I think you should find. 
The top two screws should go out to the load, ie the receptacles or whatever is on this circuit. 
The middle screws should be the incoming power from your power panel, ie park power or generator power.
The bottom screws would be coming from the inverter. 
So you can turn on your park power and see if you have power at the middle screws.
Turn on and off your inverter and see if it corresponds with the bottom screws.

So I suspect this probably works similar to how our Wanderlodges. We have the same kind of relay for our inverter circuit. The way ours works is that if you are on park power or generator power it energizes the coil and connects the circuit to the power panel. If there is no park power or generator power then the coil is not energized and the springs in the relay keep the contacts closed and its connected to the inverter, providing inverter power to whatever is connected to the relay. In our case we have electric drapes and a couple of outlets that are connected to this circuit.

RE: Inverter relay switch ? - Guy - 01-13-2024

thank you ! for several years, I was missing 1 of the 2 circuits from the inverter. There are two receptacles on the back of the inverter, both  were producing power, From there two portable cords go into the great unknown in this wall. I never heard the relay work, with the noise from the transfer switch being louder. I don't understand why it was behind a false wall in the closet, but I am pretty sure I will find 1 leg of this relay is non op ,,,  Smile

RE: Inverter relay switch ? - [email protected] - 01-13-2024

(01-13-2024, 09:18 AM)Guy Wrote:  thank you ! for several years, I was missing 1 of the 2 circuits from the inverter. There are two receptacles on the back of the inverter, both  were producing power, From there two portable cords go into the great unknown in this wall. I never heard the relay work, with the noise from the transfer switch being louder. I don't understand why it was behind a false wall in the closet, but I am pretty sure I will find 1 leg of this relay is non op ,,,  Smile

No problem, let us know what you find out. On the Wanderlodge it was much easier to figure out because they just had a jumper wire from the park/generator power directly to the coil, so it was easy to tell that any time the park power was on it would energize the relay. Yours has that mysterious orange wire that you would need to figure out where it goes to see what is controlling this relay.