Power converter in semi truck.?
I have a power converter in my semi truck. It runs off of 4 batteries with two 60 amp fuses in line to the unit. I was attempting to tighten the bolt on the converter on the negative and the screwdriver slipped and connected with both the negative and positive on the converter and arced. It completely quit working. I replaced the two fuses and even tried another unit, but no success. Could the wire be damaged? I used a volt meter and im only getting around 1 volt off the wires. I am very dependent on this and could use a fix quickly. Any ideas?
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Truck Power Converter
When you say you tried another unit do you mean you tried another converter?If so yes the wires could be internally damaged especially if they were shorted out in the manner that you mention.
The converter that you shorted out probably has one or more fuses inside of it and voltage regulators, diodes, rectifiers,transistors and resistors, plus coils etc.Usually if a dead short like that occurs you'll blow out the fuse/fuses and maybe a regulator as well as a rectifier or diode etc.The main blow parts are usually obvious to spot and if you test the other parts in line with it you should find the other blown parts.
Hope that helps and best of luck.By the way if I knew the make/model of the inverter I maybe able to help you more to trouble shoot the problem.You can contact me via yahoo email or instant messenger.
If the reading is one volt, the something is wrong with the wiring or there is another fuse. What does it read on the battery side of the fuse blocks? If it ain't the voltage required for the inverter, you'll have to follow the wires to the batteries. I am assuming you mean the batteries are in parallel, with an output of 12 volts. You didn't seem to mention it.
Screwdriver slipped?
You need to stop trying to fix things.