Inverter shorted, fix or bin?

[R_macus]

Had a little disaster at the weekend. The dispoable dehumidifer fell over while driving, silly stupid mistake, I should have emptied/ binned it before setting off.
Some of the gel water stuff went over the inverter. Silly me wiped it up and thought nothing of it. I plugged in the telly and firestick and had an almighly arc flash and smoke. Unit was hot.
Disconnected it, then when home I inspected it and dried out the insides. No visble damage, hooked it up again but it's a no go.
Long story short, can or are they worth fixing, or do I take the loss of being a bit silly / neglectful and have learned a lesson?
Unit is an Edecoa 2000w inverter.

 

[DXX]

Just a case of comparing spares parts / labour Vs a new inverter. Take into account that even if you initially get it running another component/s could easily fail as a result of the initial damage.

 

[manfrotto]

Did you check all the fuses? If it is just the fuses than that is a pretty easy repair.

Not your model, but possibly similar.

F$%$K What an Idiot I AM - Just Blew the Inverter !!!

Was doing some faffing and trying to get a bit more data on this post connected up the Edecoa and wired it wrong way round. BANG FEEL SO F'ING STUPID !!! Anyone know if it is serviceable ?

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[Dellmassive]

I wouldn't trust it now.... A possible fire fire risk.

Bin it and replace.

Stick with a known good brand.

Renogy.
Victron.
Cotek
Master volt

Etc etc


What size inverter was it?

Got a few pics for the setup?

 

[R_macus]

I wouldn't trust it now.... A possible fire fire risk.

Bin it and replace.

Stick with a known good brand.

Renogy.
Victron.
Cotek
Master volt

Etc etc


What size inverter was it?

Got a few pics for the setup?

@Dellmassive Thanks again for the reply. I was fearing that would be the option. Might have to bite for another, but I was hoping the power station might have been up to the task to save a few quid. It was an edeccoa 2000w. Pics might not be that clear.

 

[R_macus]

Did you check all the fuses? If it is just the fuses than that is a pretty easy repair.

Not your model, but possibly similar.

F$%$K What an Idiot I AM - Just Blew the Inverter !!!

Was doing some faffing and trying to get a bit more data on this post connected up the Edecoa and wired it wrong way round. BANG FEEL SO F'ING STUPID !!! Anyone know if it is serviceable ?

motorhomebuilder.com

Fuses were good and no sign of damage, but components were fried for sure.

 

[R_macus]

Just a case of comparing spares parts / labour Vs a new inverter. Take into account that even if you initially get it running another component/s could easily fail as a result of the initial damage.

I had thought this would have been the case indeed. Might have to bite for another, or try and set up the power station to work in its place.

 

[Dellmassive]

What make and model was the inverter?

Got any pics of it and it's fried state?

 

[roadtripper]

Unless it's something high end like a Victron inverter bin it and replace.

Liquid damage is insidious and DC causes galvanic corrosion, so even if you repair it unless you religiously clean every single trace and connection and solder joint you are likely to get another failure.

If it's a decent brand the board should also be conformally coated in thick lacquer - and those are a massive pain to rework (which is why ECU repair costs so much)

A lot of chinesium unbranded stuff also tends to not have the silkscreen print on the PCB and scrubs the part numbers off silicon devices - the designs are often "borrowed" and doing this makes it harder to trace who from but makes them a sod to repair.

 

[R_macus]

What make and model was the inverter?

Got any pics of it and it's fried state?

no visual damage, i expected to see some black inside. It was an edeccoa 2000w