Roland, I hope you made sure to configure the parameters of the repaired inverter. As discussed in a previous inverter video you uploaded. Has nothing to do with normal menu. I forget what buttons need to be pressed when turning the power on to access the engineering menu.
I just got my 5kw inverter blown too. I was watching TV and I heard some noise from the inverter and every thing went dark. The inverter smells like something was burning bad inside. I don't know if its the mosfets or not. Luckily I have a second one.
@@RolandW_DIYEnergyandMore I wish. It's very expensive here in Australia to get things fixed especially when I'm not flying now for almost a year. Will see. :) Are you still flying B777?
@@adamelkoumy5141 no, I lost my job right at the beginning of Covid so there was no chance for more then 2 years for me to return. I retired from flying the moment I was laid off. I am not missing flying, only that I could have more money for my hobbies :)
@@RolandW_DIYEnergyandMore same here. I dont miss it at all. I purchased an off grid farm and doing the same. I might get back to become a flight instructor, but for fun and a little bit of income.
Hard to say. probably all of the above and a poor design choice. The caps seem to start degrade from day one. they where down below 400nF within a year. The shown inverter is my oldest one and already 3 years old. There it was now 260nF/350nF. It might be as well possible that the adjacent inductor is creating some spikes which are pushing the cap to hard.
Me. I had insects short circuit electronics a few times. Last time it happened to me was few years ago, where a centipede got into the control box of my fridge near the compressor, and had fried most of the board.
@@RolandW_DIYEnergyandMore Borax 45g per Liter Water and a lot sugar was so far the most efficient and cheapest methode against ants and Cinnamon (Essential Oil) keeps them away. Its a bit a balance act to attract them in the right spots with borax sugar water and keep them away with cinnamon at the same time....but it works.
By the way, Borax is unofficially claimed to be not unhealthy for humans, its actually healthy, can help against arthrosis, improves teeth, bones etc, see at "the borax conspiracy" or german "Die Boraxverschwörung". I take borax at a regular basis, add sometimes a bit (2ml) off the satturated solution (45g/l) in my coffee.
I also have a pair of these, i've needed to fix some corrosion issues as well. Information about those caps is very useful, thanks!
Good to see a successful fix
Roland, I hope you made sure to configure the parameters of the repaired inverter. As discussed in a previous inverter video you uploaded. Has nothing to do with normal menu. I forget what buttons need to be pressed when turning the power on to access the engineering menu.
I just got my 5kw inverter blown too. I was watching TV and I heard some noise from the inverter and every thing went dark. The inverter smells like something was burning bad inside. I don't know if its the mosfets or not. Luckily I have a second one.
@@adamelkoumy5141 yeah, if it makes a bang and smells its probably a mosfet or electrolytic capacitor. hope its an easy fix. good luck
@@RolandW_DIYEnergyandMore I wish. It's very expensive here in Australia to get things fixed especially when I'm not flying now for almost a year. Will see. :) Are you still flying B777?
@@adamelkoumy5141 no, I lost my job right at the beginning of Covid so there was no chance for more then 2 years for me to return. I retired from flying the moment I was laid off. I am not missing flying, only that I could have more money for my hobbies :)
@@RolandW_DIYEnergyandMore same here. I dont miss it at all. I purchased an off grid farm and doing the same. I might get back to become a flight instructor, but for fun and a little bit of income.
@@adamelkoumy5141 what where you flying?
Welcome back! what's your theory on why those caps are down so quick? Poor quality? heat? driven too hard?
Hard to say. probably all of the above and a poor design choice. The caps seem to start degrade from day one. they where down below 400nF within a year. The shown inverter is my oldest one and already 3 years old. There it was now 260nF/350nF. It might be as well possible that the adjacent inductor is creating some spikes which are pushing the cap to hard.
Ants, who would have thought that such a small creature could take down an inverter.
Me. I had insects short circuit electronics a few times. Last time it happened to me was few years ago, where a centipede got into the control box of my fridge near the compressor, and had fried most of the board.
They can, especially when they come with a force in the thousands ;)
@@RolandW_DIYEnergyandMore Borax 45g per Liter Water and a lot sugar was so far the most efficient and cheapest methode against ants and Cinnamon (Essential Oil) keeps them away. Its a bit a balance act to attract them in the right spots with borax sugar water and keep them away with cinnamon at the same time....but it works.
By the way, Borax is unofficially claimed to be not unhealthy for humans, its actually healthy, can help against arthrosis, improves teeth, bones etc, see at "the borax conspiracy" or german "Die Boraxverschwörung". I take borax at a regular basis, add sometimes a bit (2ml) off the satturated solution (45g/l) in my coffee.