Do you have a converter and an inverter? Or is the converter a dc to dc converter?
Are you sure you are switching off the inverter?
It is a three position switch on/off/charger only. It sounds like you are switching it into charge only so it is trying to charge batteries that aren’t there.
Ideally when the inverters batteries are not connected you need to also have a way to disconnect ac power in as well. So all power is disconnected from the unit.