MBP AC Adapter Shuts Down my 24v to 220v Inverter

Hello,
Here is a question that is both Apple MBP and electrical related. I hope to find someone with some expertise in both these subjects.
I have a Macbook Pro 17", a 60w ac adapter, and I'm powering my device while on a 220v power, powered by a 600w Pure Sine Wave AC inverter on a 24v DC solar/hydro off-grid system.
Here is my problem: periodically, I'll plug in my ac adapter to this system, and when plugging in to the outlet, the 600w inverter will shut down. As soon as I unplug the ac adapter, the inverter will come back on (it is programed to cycle back on after a short), and work for any device by my macbook ac adapter. It happens infrequently, but when it does occur, it will happen every time I plug in the ac adapter, until...I put the ac adapter into the outler very, very slowly, and kinda push the adapter into the outlet, at a small angle. I must do this for every outlet there is on the grid.
Now, at the same time my ac adapter is causing an inverter shut down, any other device I plug into the grid—mixer, iPad adapter, 100w light bulb—works perfect. It's simply the ac adapter that will shut off the inverter. And actually, I have another/second 60w macbook adapter, that will do the same exact thing, but I use it on a macbook 13".
I've read up on my inverter, and about how plugging certain AC devices into it will cause a surge of power in the initial second you plug it in. At most, for high end electonics, that is 10x surge. So, with my 60w apple ac adapter possibly surging at 10x 60w, that would be 600w. Now, my particular inverter is rated at 600w continuous, 1200w surge power. By design, it should cover the surge possibility. But, like I said, this is an infrequent occurrence, so why it can manage sometimes, sometimes not, is challenging.
Also, why if I sloooooowly plug in the ac adapter, and kinda at an angle, the act of plugging in the ac adapter won't shut down the inverter? When I do plug in the ac adapter, it matters not if I have it actually plugged into my macbook pro or not—the problem is just there.
Now I've also read that apple products and ac adapters are senstive things, and that one must use pure sine wave systems. I have that covered here. I have no other electronics operating on the solar/hydro grid, so there is no "competition" either.
Luckily, I can get the ac adapter to work, and charge my laptop—which is how I can make this post now—but I really want to know the concrete reason as to what is going on. Is it a grounding isssue? Does an Apple ac adapter create a special surge of electricity, unlike other products? Can an Apple ac adapter get polarized? Should I actually be using an 85w Apple ac adapter for my Macbook Pro? I'm just guessing here, as you can read.
I want to stop guesssing, and if possible, do something in the off-grid power system I'm using, to solve the problem.

Hello wise people,
I am still having an issue with Macbook AC adapters "shutting down" my 220v Inverter on my Renewable Energy power system.
This only occurs when my system is running purely on battery power. When the system has either solar produced or hydro produced energy flowing into the system, the "spark" that the Macbook AC adapters make as I plug them in, occurs but does not shut down the Inverter.
What I can surmise here is that he Macbook AC adapters produce an initial surge that goes above the ratings of my Inverter, or, that my Inverter can somehow mediate the surge only when "backed up" by direct power from either the solar or hydro.
Does anyone have the surge ratings for Macbook AC adapters? I have made an effort to search the Internet, and it seems to be well documented that Macbook AC adapters do have quite the difficulty with surging on electrical systemes.
Thanks.

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