No 220v via SW5548 Inverters

pvoffgrid

I came home tonight and flipped the outside and game room lights on so I could see while I fed my daughter;s pets.  Wait, no game room lights.  Did I miss the switch?  Go back inside and consciously make sure I turn the game room lights on.  Nope, I did turn the switch on and nope, no lights. I checked both SW5548 inverters and the Kohler 14RESA generator for errors and none of the three times had an error code.  Odd.  I checked the circuit  breakers in both electrical panels and none were tripped.  Hmmm..now what? I grabbed my multi-meter and took off one of the panel covers and checked voltage on a circuit that was not working.  Nope. No power.  Bad breaker?  I turn power off to that electrical panel, switch the wires with a breaker directly above  it, and viola. What was not working before is ow working and vice versa....what was working before is now not working. I deduce it is a bad breaker and then realize there are multiple breakers that are bad.  WOW!  Multiple?  I make a run to Home Depot and buy new breakers.  On the way home, I call a buddy who states it is not the breakers but an inverter as he believes every other circuit breaker will not work.  Sure enough..I get home and test every single breaker with my trusty multimeter and every other breaker has power or  no power.  It is not the breakers.  I reset the inverters again and still no luck.  I try to start the generator, clear the resulting LR error code, and then start the generator using the manual Run button.   Viola!  All circuit breakers now work.  My buddy is correct.  Using just the inverters I only have 120v ..no 220v.    It appears I have a nad inverter.  

Could a bad AGM battery cause the inverter to fail? Could switching from "normal inverter operation" to "invert bypass/generator only operation" cause an inverter to fail?  Could wiring a ceiling fan light fixture incorrectly cause an inverter to fail?  Could going from a 24 AGM 2v cells, 48v battery bank to a 23 AGM cell, 46v battery bank cause the inverter to fail, even though my local solar company did the battery diagnosis and decrease, resetting the inverter settings to reflect the chang from 48v to 46v.   New Trojan SPRE 02 1255 1,120 aH 2v cells will be installed as soon as they arrive.

Here is what has been done to my house electrical-wise in the last week:  1) one 2v cell removed dropping system to 46v system with just 23 2v AGM cells; 2) Last night I could not get generator to charge batteries and decided to heck with it;  3)  this morning I switched from normal (inverter) operation to inverter bypass operation multiple times to get house to power up as it would not do so even with generator running; 3) Discovered this a.m. that Kohler generator breaker on control panel tripped last night for some reason, which is why batteries would not charge and why generator would shut off almost immediately - would not go into bulk mode;  3)  Changed ceiling fan neon light kit to a 4" LED light kit: black to black, white to white, LED ground wire to ground wire attached to ground wire on ceiling fan metal decorative cover "bowl", but no ground wire attached to metal decorative cover "bowl"; 4) Received small shock when on ladder and plugging light fixture back into plug on ceiling fan, and reattaching the decorative metal cover to ceiling fan. 5) Removed light kit from ceiling fan - perhaps grond wire on LED board should not be attached to ground wire attached to metal decorative cover bowl.

Thanks for any thoughts as to how to confirm an inverter is bad, and which one, and t as to possible reasons as to why I only get 220v and all circuit breakers work when the generator is running (in "normal inverter operation - have not tried the inverter bypass setting to see if all circuit breakers work - I am guessing they will)  Always something -

mike95490

When you start getting shocked while messing with wires,  STOP while you are still alive, and call a professional. 

Estragon

Just to clarify... you did have the breaker for the fan circuit off while working on its wiring, right?

Vic

Have only quickly scanned pvoffgrid's post,

BUT,   for the inverter that is not running,   have you checked the battery Low Voltage Disconnect (LVD,   or similar)?

Each inverter has this setting,   and perhaps that one inverter has a higher LVD than the other.

When one looses one battery in a string,   it is often an indication that the battery bank might be near end-of-life.

Just a drive-by post,   good luck,   Vic

pvoffgrid

To address the issue that was 100% NOT the question/concern (which was no 220v)
Yes, breaker was off when working on fan circuit. In fact, the breaker has been off for over 2 years while I did other projects in the house.
Stop while you are alive.  Ha ha..funny.... wish I had thought of that.....
The issue with the fan giving a small "static electricity" like shock was due to hidden water damage.  It is hard to mis-wire a fan when all wires are color-coded.  We replaced the fan and all is good. 
Thanks for your concerns.

Update on the 220v issue:  Both inverter settings have been checked...Yes, the battery bank is near it's end of life, and has been for almost 2 years.  Batteries charge completely every single day with the only problem being that when my family wakes up in the morning the batteries do not have the capacity to handle the morning loads.  

Issue for 220v was operator error due to mislabeling of a generator bypass switch by the installer 17 years ago, and never having to use the generator bypass switches: the two generator bypass switches were not set correctly: one was set to bypass the inverter, one was set to run off the inverter.  This meant one inverter was not truly being used.  Once this was identified, all was good.