Steve R

OLP over load protection. Something is bad but it's not on fire yet

Oh yea, cheers, I forgot to click back to my other thread

I have just seen that the olp light is showing on the inverter which I think might mean something is shorting out from what have have read on here.

I have just seen that the olp light is showing on the inverter which I think might mean something is shorting out from what have have read on here. Ken Thanks for the heads up on the hairdryer working, that has been my biggest ear ache so far

I understand battery management is important and have been doing my best to keep them fully charged, but all I have to go on is the charge controller which says 12.8v this evening. We have been moving the boat and running the engine when is not sunny days for extra charge. We don't have much running through the inverter, just the tv and DVD. Our fridge is 12v and wired in. I have 3 175w solar panels. Sounds like I might need to test the batteries just to rule it out.

My charge controller for the solar panels gives me a voltage and also stops charging and goes to float mode when they are full

Hi everyone, me and my partner are two months into our boating life. It seems that every time we think we have it sorted and relax something else crops up. This time our inverter is beeping and showing low voltage when we are watching tv or dvds, it hasn't done it before this week. My batteries are fully charged, I fitted solar panels a month ago and they are near enough charging me full most days. So I'm a little confused why the inverter is showing red low volts. I also turned everything off for a night to see if the batteries lost power but they stayed fully charged so I think they are fine. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Steve

Yea maybe, sometimes it clicks on and off a bit like you have discribed. Is this nothing to worry about? do I need to change the setting or leave it as it is? Cheers The fridge light has been on when the inverter is off but it's not been cooling. When I turned the inverter on it kicked back in. Not sure if this might be a separate issue to the first

Hi all, I just got my first boat and the inverter is giving me jip and doing strange things. For example, if I turn it on and my phone is charging it will trip out. If I plug in a lamp on it's own the lamp works, if I plug a phone and a lamp in both works. Also my fridge seems to be wired into the mains so it's not plugged in, this also sometimes is off when the inverter is off but when it trips out it stays on. i have tried plugging my phone directly into the inverter, which also trips it. Should I stick with the happy combos or do I need to get it looked at? Any advise is appreciated