Yes, the converter 'hums' when you are plugged into electric. It becomes white noise and you don't hear it later.
Sandra
--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <fargo001@...> wrote:
>
> OK, question. Should the converter be "humming" all of the time it is plugged into 110? Mine is.
>
> --- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Loughridge" <boogerballs@> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry about that. The converter was humming.
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe the smell was coming from the battery since when I opened the
> > compartment below the closet inside there was an overwhelming smell and
> > heat. I thought the prudent thing to do was to unplug from the house, open
> > all the windows to air it out and to let the batter cool down. When I put my
> > hand on the side of the closed battery box it was quite hot to the touch.
> >
> >
> >
> > I'll be able to check out the battery visibly tomorrow.
> >
> >
> >
> > No, the refrigerator was off and empty.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> > From: tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of Sandra
> > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 6:22 PM
> > To: tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [tabtrailers] Re: Rotten eggs?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > First, we have converters, not inverters.
> >
> > Now - did you do a sniff test to find where the odor was coming from? Did
> > you test the battery to see what the voltage was? How did the battery look -
> > sides straight or bulging? Did you happen to leave anything in the refrig
> > when you closed it up?
> >
> > Sandra Rutan
> >
> > --- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com <mailto:tabtrailers%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "Jeff" <boogerballs@> wrote:
> > >
> > > So I was walking by my covered T@B on the driveway a few minutes ago and
> > smelled an awful smell. Once I determined that the smell might be coming
> > from inside the T@B I zipped open the door and sure enough it was much worse
> > inside. I heard the hum of the inverter so I unplugged from the house
> > (110v).
> > >
> > > Has anyone had this happen?
> > >
> > > I'm thinking that something went haywire with the inverter since it must
> > have continued to charge the battery even though it had reached full charge
> > (I'm just guessing here.)
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > > 2007 Clamshell
> > > Los Gatos, CA
> > >
> >
>
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