Fridge making bald spot bigger

[Curlida]

Some of you have seen my last post on battery and fridge. Well I finally hooked up temp. House power to Montana and charged the battery full. But still trying to figure a way to shut off fridge, because it's probably going to be 3-4 wks before we can make our first trip( still a lot to learn) and we want to be prepared. Anyway re-read inverter manual and it say turn off switch,which I did and the cooling fan came on and the fridge did not go off. I left it for about ten minutes and fan still runs as does fridge. So more research, I traced the cables to the battery,no problem and then I noticed a power cord from the inverter to an outlet and then wiring going from the outlet to,I'm assuming the fridge. Am I ok just unplugging the inverter from the outlet. Kind of confusing because I would have though to see wiring from inverter to fridge? Sorry to be a pest to all you good people but I'm going hunt around to see if there is an elec. schematic for the Fifth.

[Ivylog]

Sounds like you have an automatic transfer switch which is powering the refrigerator when you turn the inverter off. After turning the inverter off why not turn the refrigerator off inside of it self.

[2oldman]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
The more questions I ask.......the more I get the feeling this is NOT an RV fridge but a residential fridge??

Yes, it is. OP first discussion

[Old-Biscuit]

What kind of fridge?

Doesn't it have an ON/OFF button?

Can't you just unplug fridge power cord?

The more questions I ask.......the more I get the feeling this is NOT an RV fridge but a residential fridge??

[2oldman]

The fridge will continue to run with shore power hooked up. Your inverter may be a charger also, which explains its fan running. And it's unlikely there's a separate connection to the fridge from the inverter. I'm thinking that inverter powers everything, but without a schematic it's difficult to say.

Is there a breaker on the refer circuit? Please post the make/model of the fridge and the inverter.