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This is the product: http://www.shop.sterling-power.com/acatalog/VSR_CVSR.pdf I stress, I don't have this fine beast. A friend has one fitted on his boat ... typically as shown on page 2 in basic 90% application drawing ... The fuse between the device and the bow thruster battery bank blew. It was replaced. Now it appears that the led's on the unit don't light up. The unit is supposed to reset and reboot automatically upon be powered up again ..... I can't tell you why, it doesn't appear to work, its not mine, I haven't tested anything ... What I would like to know is just what does this device actually do or protect. Does it prevent the positive feed going right to the other end of the boat overloading? I notice that the size of the cable going off to the battery bank seems no bigger than about 6-8mm in diameter (bare). I wondered if the device limited the amount of load current going through the device, and hence cable, but it just seems a wierd way to go about it. What I can't get my head around is that the total possible alternator output could be as high as 175amps yet the fuses each side of the device are 80amp? ...and it been ok for last 3 years from new?? Anyway, I'm not involved, so my asking is sheer curiosity (and as friend asked if I could help, it would be nice to be able to explain what is actually happening). I like things to be KISS.. ty for reading Stewart
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A friend has just asked me, and I have absolutely no idea why, so I thought I'd ask the good people here. He's running a Sterling Combi-S Inverter charger 24V rated at 35A charge. It's in bulk at the moment, 26.9V so should be running full chat. It's putting out 19.6A, while we had a cuppa and a natter it didn't really shift , maybe 0.2A or so. So why does a charger rated at 35A put out 20A? The cables are one metre fat buggers, there's no provision for sense wires and all connections seem sound. Any ideas please?
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Hey I've got an older sterling 3000w psw inverter, (DAI3000c). Every now and then when I turn it on the fan starts straight away and it comes up with overheating message on display. Seems to be random when it chooses to do it. I have replaced the lm35 temp sensor on it but it hasn't helped. Anyone had this problem before with this inverter and know how to fix it?