I have two Victron Phoenix 3000/12 120 inverters hooked up as master and slave units. Accidentally I turned on a separate 100A battery charger powered by the inverter. I know it is not possible to charge the batteries using the batteries. Could this be the cause of the slave unit going TU? I would have thought they would have some fail safe mechanism to prevent this sort of thing. Does anyone know what causes inverter failures and how to avoid them? The unit is 10 years old but rarely used, Victron says they do not have parts and if I want to re-establish the original capacity then I must replace both. Edmond Badham COSMO Wilmington, NC

Victron has this business model of not stocking/supplying parts for any inverters out of warranty. Your best bet is to find a used one e.g. someone else that lost one of two and had to replace both. Master and salve is only a program setting both units are the same. The only issue is whether or not the hardware capability is compatible to set up as a bus and the firmware can be matched or updated. Check on e-bay, Wards Bros. Electric in Lauderdale are the Victron warranty service/screening center. Go on line and call all the listed distributor/installers for used mulits. Good luck the functions are great but support is terrible being in Holland 5 hrs away and with a language attitude problem. Joe Pica Carolyn Ann GH N-37 currently docked in Moline Ill. On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 7:41 AM, edmond badham via Trawlers-and-Trawlering < trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: > I have two Victron Phoenix 3000/12 120 inverters hooked up as master and > slave units. Accidentally I turned on a separate 100A battery charger > powered by the inverter. I know it is not possible to charge the batteries > using the batteries. Could this be the cause of the slave unit going TU? I > would have thought they would have some fail safe mechanism to prevent this > sort of thing. Does anyone know what causes inverter failures and how to > avoid them? The unit is 10 years old but rarely used, Victron says they do > not have parts and if I want to re-establish the original capacity then I > must replace both. > > Edmond Badham > COSMO > Wilmington, NC > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. > -- Joe Pica Carolyn Ann GH N-37 MTOA #3813, AGLCA #5485 http://carolynann-n37.blogspot.com/