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Yankees · 08-04-2018, 05:23 AM

Hello I am a new motor home owner. When traveling the inverter only works on propane for the refrigerator. I have had fifth wheels where it work on both. Wondering if this model does not do that. The owners manual does not offer any info. Has anyone had a similar issue

Dsallach · 08-04-2018, 06:23 AM

I don’t own a Georgetown so I can’t answer your rig specific question. I just wanted to welcome you to the IRV2 forums. In general, most people run their refrigerator on propane while traveling just to conserve the battery power.

Waiter21 · 08-04-2018, 06:39 AM

Welcom to the Forum..

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When traveling the inverter only works on propane for the refrigerator. I have had fifth wheels where it work on both

Not sure exactly what you are asking???

Inverters normally convert 12 volts DC to 110volts AC..

If you have a residential frig, it probably runs on an inverter when not connected to shore or generator power.

Sbrownstein · 08-04-2018, 06:40 AM

I would be surprised if the inverter fed the reefer for AC operation. It is a very inefficient use of battery power as propane reefers have a heater that runs in place of the flame but it draws a lot of power.

JDT · 08-04-2018, 07:03 AM

This is the Excel fifth wheel owners forum. Might want to have this moved to the Georgetown forum, if there is one.

Yankees · 08-04-2018, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Yankees

Hello I am a new motor home owner. When traveling the inverter only works on propane for the refrigerator. I have had fifth wheels where it work on both. Wondering if this model does not do that. The owners manual does not offer any info. Has anyone had a similar issue

The fridge is a norcold 1200 and get a error cold when trying to run on 110 the propane does run fine when traveling. I appreciate the response