Fridge only works on gas

[Westsidebob]

We recently moved our RV to some land we just bought. There was a garage only on the property with electricity. I plugged the rv in to power in the garage and smoked the inverter I assume. I had neglected to check the ground power, it was wired up for 220. We got the wiring straigntened out and are now working well off of shore power. The only thing that is not working is the fridge, it will only run off of gas. Everything else works. When I let the smoke out of the inverter, it was a bunch of smoke. Any ideas on why my fridge will not work on shore power without gas? I've been rv'ing for a few years but no virtually nothing about the electrical system. Thanks for any info.

[Westsidebob]

Thank you very much for the info, I will check the fuse on the fridge, I can get to it from the outside, or do I have to pull it? So it was the inverter that I fried, the smoke came out of the fuse area, a lot of smoke. So if the converter is fried all it affects is the charging of the battery?

[DutchmenSport]

Wow! I've always been one for having items in the camper that were capable of multi tasking ... like using a hatchet for chopping wood, or as a hammer for driving tent peg. But your "invention" is way beyond my wildest ideas!

Wow! On gas, it's a refrigerator... On electric is a smoker! Just think what you could do with that. .... smoked sausage, smoked salmon, smoked BBQ .... :B

[Old-Biscuit]

As mentioned...AC Fuse on fridge control board

The fridge control board seems to have survived as it still allows propane functions and control/display functions

There is a AC Fuse (typically 5A glass fuse) for the AC heater element.
Check if fuse is blown...test/measure for AC Voltage on both sides of fuse
Repalce fuse...try on AC. Still not working---replace element

[ScottG]

Are you sure it didn't fry the converter?
I don't know how it could possibly survive 220VAC.

[MrWizard]

Might have blown the 120v fuse for the heating element
The fuse is on the control board on the back of the fridge

Burned out heating element

Damaged control board

[2oldman]

I no a little bit. You probably mean converter. I guess 220 would smoke your refer.