Inverter reverse current

Submitted: Thursday, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:06
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Inverter reverse current

My 7 year old 300w inverter has finally decided to start playing up. I have had many good camping trips with it. Over the weekend I was running a 48w fluro light and I went to the car to grab a beer out of the Engel and when I touched the hatch to open the lid I got a little zap and felt some current running through me. This obviously gave me a fright and I thought the fridge was faulty. So I unplugged the Engel and tried again and the current was still there. I then went around to the engine bay to check voltage and stuff at the battery and again when I went to open the bonnet I got a nasty zap. I then relised that it must be the inverter causing this. I turned it off straight away after this and used my other inverter and the problem went away.

Does anyone have any theories as to why this happened? I am guessing it’s just age and I good really good service out of it?
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