Star Date: 10192012 Thursday

We arrived yesterday at the Sun N Fun RV resort in Sarasota for a rally with the Roll’n Rebels chapter.  But first a stop in Bradenton to try to get our inverter fixed.  When we bought the coach, our inspector indicated that the inverter was putting out 158 volts not the normal 120.  This extra voltage could fry our appliances so we have not been using the inverter.  When we had the coach in the repair shop to install our new wiper arms (See star date 08262012), we had inverter checked and were also told output was 158 volts and that it must be shipped to an authorized Xantrex (manufacturer) dealer in Orlando at $1000 cost to fix.  Well at the Tiffin rally last week we met Bill from Bradenton who informed us there is an authorized Xantrex dealer in Bradenton which is 10 miles from Sun N Fun.  So we took off Thursday early to Jayton Electronics.  Jayton would repair the inverter for $500 but there is a catch.  Jayton will not remove inverter from coach nor reinstall it.  I knew this in advance and brought much lumber to build up to inverter which hangs from the chassis in the basement since it weighs about 50 lbs.  I got the inverter out, gave it to Jayton and went inside the coach to rest.  Jayton came out to us  shortly thereafter and said the good news is there is nothing wrong with our inverter.  The bad news is we took it out for nothing and good luck getting it back in.  I began by emptying the basement completely.  This allowed me to enter the basement to effect the repair laying on my back.  Prior to entering, I had placed the inverter on the top of an inverted recycling bin and raised the inverter one board at a time until it was within 1/2 inch from the bolts hanging down.  With some muscle and a little difficulty getting the nuts on the bolts in the tight space, mission accomplished.  Back on road to Sarasota.