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Heart Freedom 25 Inverter problem now fixed
Just thought I should share a problem that we recently encountered with our Inverter #1.
Suddenly we were without incoming power on Inverter #1… not having a clue what was going on I started trouble shooting everything that I could think of without luck… didn’t even know where the inverters were.. so I called Jeff… who was a Godsend … but he wasn’t sure where they put them in my coach as they had several options on my model coach.. so with Jeff’s help he had me check all the possibilities and finally found them above the tag axle so had to remove the rear wheel panel to access it… no reset and totally dead… leaving me with 2 options… replace them with new Magnums or find a working Freedom 25 inverter somewhere… Jeff checked out his place and so did Liberty with no luck. To replace them with Magnums wasn’t a really big deal but Jon mentioned there could be a problem with wire size so we didn’t go there needless to say. Then Jeff said we would have to replace the battery cables as well.
Jon told me to check Inverter Services who advertise on the Forum here … so I called them and they had 2 that they had removed from a Liberty. My electrician was not comfortable about switching them out to the magnums and it was an 800 mile trip to Jeff’s one way with out power to half the bus including the refrigerator and TVs etc.. so I called Nick back at Inverter Services and bought both the tested Freedom 25s and I had them here in 3 days… great service from Nick and Jeff… thank you both so so much…
In the meantime my Electrician disconnected & opened up the failed Inverter to find that the power source was burned up.. there was a huge wire nut if you can believe that… that had jiggled around for 15 years until it fell off and the wires burned up…pretty shitty craftsmanship there !! Anyway he replaced the wires used shrink wrap and it fired right up.
I now have 2 spare Freedom 25 Inverters… I have had good luck with them until that happened… we have never tripped a breaker inside or outside… had a few power cord issues but that wasn’t to do with the Inverters.
Anyway…I thought I should share this info in case someone else has the same problem !!
Sure was nice to see incoming power on #1.
Again… this could not have happened with out the help of Jeff Rowe of ETLC … Nick of Inverter Services.. and of course Jon… Thanks so much guys you’re worth the dues for sure.
Cheers, Diane
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Glad, it all worked out Diane. I’m amazed they were Freedom 25’s since you have an 05, I thought those were well phased out by then.
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Is this what your remotes looks like for your Freedom inverters?
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Art & Terri…
No they are nothing like that… If I can post a picture of mine I will.. I have had trouble posting pics since I switched to the Macbook Pro..
I will have to email you the picture.. tried for 10 mins to load the picture and can’t.
Cheers, Diane
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Art.. I just emailed the picture to you… feel free to post it if you can be bothered…
Thanks Diane
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Diane did not get e-mail, call me if you want, I have 2 of these Xantrax basic remotes that I put on the bus and then up graded to the Magnum’s 2812 because of the new refer I installed and needed pure sign wave inverters. I will give those remotes to you if you pay shipping they were 125 bucks each and I will never use them again. the controller has a lot more settings then with the standard controller that has 1 switch on front,to change settings you have to change dip switches on back, that’s why I changed to these controllers, much easier. (805) 712-9449 Art
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Art… I sent the email twice and it didn’t come back… maybe in your spam folder or such.
Anyway it is a Heart Freedom Interface … it has preset dip switches inside… you have to remove it from the wall to change anything…nothing to program on the front.. just an on/off switch…. it shows the charging levels on front and that’s about it.
Cheers, Diane
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We had the original modified sine wave inverters that Liberty installed in our coach when new. Suddenly no power to the refrigerator. Some trouble shooting brought me to conclude something was wrong with the one of the original inverters (can’t remember what kind they were). Called Jeff and in five minutes he confirmed a failed inverter.
Liberty wires the generator and shore power through the inverter so with a failed inverter I had no power on that leg (half the coach). Jeff coached me through bypassing the generator and shore power 120volt around the failed inverter.
We’d put a new refrigerator in the coach the year before. Jeff counseled me on getting new full sine wave inverters. I asked if I could do the swap (feeling pretty confident after bypassing the bad inverter). He too said the footprint and form factor was different, new battery cables needed (I think my racing buddies coulda done those), but was more than I wanted to tackle.
A good friend had a 48’ Ocean Alexander yacht and did lots of his own work. He advocated me doing it. But I still opted for Jeff and his guys. Often not knowing what I did not know, if something else was wrong I might not have recognized it.
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So tell me I’m wrong here.
In a 2005 Liberty Frank still hadn’t gotten around to installing a inverter bypass in his builds?
Later
bv
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Bernie, when I got my 97 Liberty one of the first things I did was design and install an inverter by-pass. My 2006 does have a by-pass, but it also has Outback inverters instead of the Freedom 25’s.
I do not know what year Liberty began installing a by-pass.
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Ill keep my smart ass comments to myself A1.
Later
bv
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
3 red wire nuts
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“Ill keep my smart ass comments to myself A1.”
Why is that? Is it so we don’t know how you really feel? Too late now.
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Really A1.
I don’t have to say a word, everyone on here knows how I feel about Liberty.
Later
bv
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Hmm, my 97 Marathon XL had inverter bypasses, Liberty waited until about 06 when they got rid of the Heart dinosaurs. What year did you stop having to remove the refrigerator to clean the galley Cruiseair filter?
Boys and their toys…
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On all my Liberty coaches the CA filters were all accessible behind a panel that either had screws (my 87) or catches.
I assume different floor plans sometimes necessitated unusual requirements.
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