Inverter not running refrigerator

[Fridge Defend]

Originally Posted by Kid Gloves

Here’s some pertinent data as pertains to the original post.

4) RV owners with RV refrigerators, generally do not add a second inverter to run the RV refrigerator.

Well we do, and we helped Mac the Fire Guy run his fridge while driving on a separate inverter just for this purpose. So that is two people that add a second inverter to run the RV refrigerator.

[Kid Gloves]

Originally Posted by Fridge Defend

Well we do, and we helped Mac the Fire Guy run his fridge while driving on a separate inverter just for this purpose. So that is two people that add a second inverter to run the RV refrigerator.

That’s a choice. You may have noticed that I said people “generally” don’t do that.

If I were to throw money at my RV refrigerator, I’d have it converted to a 12V compressor. That would eliminate the inefficiency of an inverter, the inefficiency of running an RV refrigerator on 120VAC and it would greatly reduce the risk of a refrigerator fire. We also tend to just turn the refrigerator off while driving. Everything stays cold for 6 hours or more.

[TonyMac]

Behind my fridge are two separate 120vac outlets, one marked Fridge, and the other marked Ice Maker. Ice maker outlet is powered by the inverter, genset or shore; fridge is powered by the genset or shore only. Personally, I'd not run the fridge off the inverter, nor the hwh, as they gobble too much power.