Residential fridge upgrade power options
Recently upgraded to residential fridge. Have 2 ac power outlets. Inverter ac and gen/shorepower ac. Installer used inverter. Has anyone installed a transfer between the 2 sources just for the fridge?...
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I think your installer did things correctly.
Some inverters have a transfer switch built into them; yours may be one. In that case, when you're plugged into shore power, the inverter is not actually inverting but only passing through the shore power.
Even if it is running, so long as your converter is capable of supplying sufficient power to both run the fridge and charge the battery, you shouldn't need to worry about the batteries any more than previously when in storage. They aren't really being used; they're just sitting there floating.
Some inverters have a transfer switch built into them; yours may be one. In that case, when you're plugged into shore power, the inverter is not actually inverting but only passing through the shore power.
Even if it is running, so long as your converter is capable of supplying sufficient power to both run the fridge and charge the battery, you shouldn't need to worry about the batteries any more than previously when in storage. They aren't really being used; they're just sitting there floating.
