Residential refrigerator

[stevewise]

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

[dapperdan]

naturist wrote:
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.

Our Mobile Suites came with a 1,000 watt inverter, 2 6v golf cart batteries and a Whirlpool residential fridge, works great!

Sounds like a breaker may be tripped, I'd call the dealer or take it back to them and have it checked.

Dan

[wm5e]

Mine is mounted on the ceiling of the basement on the drivers side.

[John___Angela]

stevewise wrote:
Thanks for all the advice but when I tried to locate the inverter I could not find it. I called the service guys and they had me check some places but to no avail. So they booked it into the shop to get it repaired. (It is still in warranty)

It'll be somewhere close to the battery.

[GrumpyandGrandm]

stevewise wrote:
Thanks for all the advice but when I tried to locate the inverter I could not find it. I called the service guys and they had me check some places but to no avail. So they booked it into the shop to get it repaired. (It is still in warranty)

Call the manufacturer and ask them.

[stevewise]

Thanks for all the advice but when I tried to locate the inverter I could not find it. I called the service guys and they had me check some places but to no avail. So they booked it into the shop to get it repaired. (It is still in warranty)

[Racine96]

I have one with a Samsumg residential refrigerator, it works well. However, initially it did not. The inverter was wrongly connected and did not work. The dealer changed the way it had been wired and has worked fine for the last year. I love it.

[pcm1959]

The Samsung units use very little power - even at start-up. We have a GoPower PSW 1000 watt inverter with 2 group 24 deep cycle 6 volt batteries. This combo pre-cools our frige in 90+ degree FL heat to 0/37 degrees in about 3 hours with 2/3 battery level in reserve. At that point, we load up and leave and the truck keeps the batteries from discharging any lower during our trip. we have had the residential set-up since August and LOVE it.

[RustyJC]

naturist wrote:
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.

Many of them are operating just fine with 1000 watt inverters. The standard inverter DRV supplies with a residential fridge is a 1000 watt. They have a larger inverter and larger coach battery system with 2 additional 6VDC batteries as an option to power more appliances in addition to the residential fridge. The 1500 watt PSW inverter in our DRV is more than is needed to power the residential fridge - it's been doing it just fine since we took delivery in May 2014.

Rusty

[GrumpyandGrandm]

naturist wrote:
I would very much doubt any residential refrigerator would run off a mere 1,000 watt inverter.

The SAMSUNG 18 cu-ft French door that JAYCO uses only draws 3.9 amps. Works great with a 1000 watt inverter.

[Travlingman]

lanerd wrote:
Your inverter may have a circuit breaker on it. Check all visible sides of it...most are push button type of a breaker.

Also, when you say fully charged, do you mean 12.6 volts?

good luck

Ron

x2 on check the reset on the inverter itself.

[lanerd]

Your inverter may have a circuit breaker on it. Check all visible sides of it...most are push button type of a breaker.

Also, when you say fully charged, do you mean 12.6 volts?

good luck

Ron

[time2roll]

OK now follow the power. Check voltage on the inverter input is above 12.5 then check inverter output is 120vac. Then check if the fridge outlet is getting 120vac.

Somewhere there will be power on one side and no power on the other side of something.

[2oldman]

Do other 120v items work?

[stevewise]

The battery is fully charged