Inverter dead !

[inthemidnighthour]

Accidentally plugged a fan heater into the inverter socket last week in not so sunny Wales.The inverter stopped working so when arrived home today started to search for a blown fuse as inverter still not working.Checked all the fuses under the passenger seat all ok.By doing this, removing all fuses, the inverter is now working again , I assume this has reset the inverter in some way ?
has anyone else come across this
Lisa and Dave

 

[Hotel California]

Think the inverter can get overheated...maybe in this case pulling to much power thru it could overheat it and causing it to switch off...and resetting afther cool down?

 

[WelshGas]

What wattage was the fan? If greater than 150 watts then that's a NoNo.

 

[inthemidnighthour]

It is a 2Kw fan which tripped out the invertor , but seems strange that by just pulling out fuses and replacing them ( none of them blown ) the inverter came back to life days later !

 

[WelshGas]

Strange but lucky!

 

[DM]

There’s definitely some dodgy wiring behind the inverter in my T6. It has been intermittent since day 1. It’s been completely dead for a while now so some proper diagnostics due I guess. Does anyone know where the fuse is?

 

[WelshGas]

There’s definitely some dodgy wiring behind the inverter in my T6. It has been intermittent since day 1. It’s been completely dead for a while now so some proper diagnostics due I guess. Does anyone know where the fuse is?

Check the Resources section. There are fuse diagrams for the T6. I think it's under the Passenger seat RHD.

 

[Efficacious]

I do not know if this is the case, but if the invertor is protected with an internal self-resetting "poly-fuse" then it requires the source power to be removed for it to reset.

Resettable fuse - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Hence, if the invertor is being used with a load near/over the limit and tripping then it may present effects which could appear like "dodgy wiring" as it would come back to life after external fuses are temporarily removed.