ZLPOWER LW-6000 Inverter Charger fan noise

[markopolo]

ZLPOWER LW-6000 Inverter Charger fan noise

Originally Posted by bikerbill

booster, no transfer switching on the Roadtrek E-trek package. RT uses a 5000 watt inverter which when turned on has a constant speed cooling fan and even a 2nd fan I believe if more cooling is required. Its mounted right under the couch/bed and is a "nice" that I'm not quite sure I want to sleep with unless I need the AC on and then the AC fan will drown out the inverter fan.

When plugged into shore power with the E-trek you do not automatically have shore power electric to your 115 v appliances or outlets. You need to turn ON the inverter to get shore power to the circuit breaker panel. The shore power cord goes directly into the 5000 watt Chinese inverter and does not "pass thru" to the breaker panel unless you turn ON the inverter. Also RV batteries are NOT charged just by being plugged into shore power. Again, you must turn ON the inverter to have the charger circuit, which is built into the inverter, operate. So shore power ON = Inverter On = fan running in inverter constantly = noise.

Here's a link: http://www.zlpower.com/products_view.asp?/162.html

Is this it?


Does the ZLPower LW-6000 in Roadtrek have the display panel shown?

If so, is "Bypass" a user selectable item?
Would "Bypass" reduce the fan noise?



Looks like there are LW-6000's without the display panel.
Docs show "Bypass without battery connected: yes



Again, would "Bypass" reduce the fan noise?

Obviously you'd want to charge your batteries when plugged in but, if your batteries are charged, maybe "bypassing" will reduce the fan noise.

Might be worth an email to ZLPower.

Thoughts? Has Roadtrek looked into this - anyone working with RT tech support?

[gerrym51]

marko-Jim Hamill has said Roadtrek has chosen to not use all the features. the bypass has been discussed on the roadtrekkers forum. thats where his post about controlling the electrical to protect everything came from

and yes marko you have the correct one for now-however roadtrek has changed it at least 3 times since e-trek introduced-i do pay attention to this stuff

[markopolo]

RT would want to setup the parameters according to their plan for sure and they would not want end users to deviate from that.

From the site: http://www.zlpower.com/products_view.asp?/162.html

Audible Noise <60dB

[gerrym51]

actually i think the biggest issue is the location of the inverter/charger-because of it's size-i guess-it has to go behind the bed/couch. if your head is sleeping at that location i'm sure it's noisier. the zion will be using a converter/charger and separate inverter-it's listed in the dealer spec sheets like this and it appears( i can't be positive) that this is located at bottom of the refrigerator. i suspect the inverter will work separate from the rest so you won't have to have inverter on when plugged in. another reason to want the zion

[markopolo]

Good point. Some sort sound shielding might help and not affect airflow.

[LVPHYL5031]

Do you have the manual for the inverter. Our manual is not for this inverter- it’s for a Tripp-Lite. I have the inverter above.

[Yoshimura]

I think the fan will run when inverter is charging which can be disabled. You could also try to reduce charging current. No reason for the transfert to trigger the fan.