I just bought a new 5er with a residential refrigerator, it has a 1000 watt inverter. I tried to run the refrigerator off the inverter yesterday and it did not appear to be working, the light was on, on the inverter switch, but when I opened the door of the refrigerator the light did not come on. I know with a house refrigerator if the light does not come on then there is no power.Any suggestions would be helpful

Was it working when you did your PDI ?

Our 5th wheel has a dealer added 1500 watt pure sine wave inverter and transfer switch to run the residential fridge when no shore power is available. There's about a 30 second delay built into the system before it will switch over from shore to inverter power when shore power is lost/disconnected. Of course, the batteries must be charged for the inverter to power the fridge, and the battery disconnect switch (the salesman switch) must be turned to the ON position.If the switch is lighted on the inverter, that suggests that it's getting 12VDC power. If you're comfortable using a voltmeter, start at the 120VAC output terminals of the inverter and start chasing the circuit through the transfer switch all the way to the fridge and see where you lose power. If not, time to either take it to the selling dealer (since it's under warranty, right?) or call in the mobile repair service.Rusty

We don't have a fiver (we have a Class A) but have breakers for each appliance so you might need to flip a breaker somewhere. We have a 2000W inverter and 8 house batteries for the fridge and other appliances.I hope you get it figured out!

WeBeFulltimers wrote:Was it working when you did your PDI ?When I did the PDI it was on shore power they only showed me the switch.

I would very much doubt any residential refrigerator would run off a mere 1,000 watt inverter. While such a unit might only draw 600-700 watts while running, the starting surge would be in the neighborhood of 2,000 watts, way beyond the capacity of that inverter. A 1500 watt inverter MIGHT have enough surge capacity, but not a 1,000 watt inverter.

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KarenS144
Explorer
Apr 12, 2015
We don't have a fiver (we have a Class A) but have breakers for each appliance so you might need to flip a breaker somewhere. We have a 2000W inverter and 8 house batteries for the fridge and other appliances.

I hope you get it figured out!
RustyJC
Explorer
Apr 12, 2015
Our 5th wheel has a dealer added 1500 watt pure sine wave inverter and transfer switch to run the residential fridge when no shore power is available. There's about a 30 second delay built into the system before it will switch over from shore to inverter power when shore power is lost/disconnected. Of course, the batteries must be charged for the inverter to power the fridge, and the battery disconnect switch (the salesman switch) must be turned to the ON position.

If the switch is lighted on the inverter, that suggests that it's getting 12VDC power. If you're comfortable using a voltmeter, start at the 120VAC output terminals of the inverter and start chasing the circuit through the transfer switch all the way to the fridge and see where you lose power. If not, time to either take it to the selling dealer (since it's under warranty, right?) or call in the mobile repair service.

Rusty
WeBeFulltimers
Explorer
Apr 12, 2015
Was it working when you did your PDI ?

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