an update.
i did a lot of research on the prosine 3.0. first of all they stopped making the 12v version a couple of years ago. online and the few xantrex repair shops i talked to all said the same thing. they are not field repairable and they didnt think xantrex repairs them either. the fellow steve ward gave me was very informed about them and said if you need to replace it, replace it with something different even if you could get the exact same one somewhere. he said xantrex did not give out schematics or parts to repair them at all to anyone.
he suggested i go physically disconnect the battery cables AT the inverter and let is set for a little while to totally reset (vs using the battery disconnect switch) and then hook it back up. i must say i was not optimistic on that since i had such a hard fault and clearly had a short in the power system to take out my transfer switch. but i did it anyway and i am glad i did. it came up just fine.
then the coach started drawing the incoming voltage down to 100 volt or so and the surge protector in the transfer switch would shut the power off. it was because my batteries were getting low and the charger was hitting them hard at first. even though i have the incoming set at 15a on the control panel it was still more than the house could provide. so i ran the genny for an hour to get some charge back in the batteries and then plugged it in after that and all is well.
guess it is better for all of this to happen in my driveway rather than on the road. at least i will know most every system pretty well before i hit the road.
the new inverter chargers use a cat5r network cable for the control panels and this one uses a phone line, so while i have all the chases open i will run a couple of cat5e from the inverter area to the control panel up front. is easy now that i know how to do it.
so i am back in power again.
thanks for all the advice
steve w, your inverter guy was great.
tom
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