How do you turn off the residential fridge?
My in-laws just purchased a new 2019 Montana today. They have the residential fridge, which neither of us had before. During the walk through with the tech, they were told there was no way to turn off...
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I have a 2019 Montana High Country 375FL. It has a residential refrigerator. The refrigerator is Model RF18HFENBSR. Here's the URL to the Samsung User's Manual so you can check it out yourself.
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201501/20150128152312186/DA68-01845C-16_NW2-FDR_XAA-EN.pdf
After watching dozens of YouTube videos on this refrigerator and trying everything possible with the actual machine, I finally contacted my RV dealership (Walnut Ridge RV near New Castle, Indiana) and asked them the simple question, "How do I turn it completely off."
Answer: .... and I quote.... "You can't!"
The only way to completely turn it off is to unplug it.
If the refrigerator is in a 2019 Montana, it's probably the same Samsung refrigerator, french doors with freezer on bottom, Ice maker, and may or may not have the water dispenser.
If you have the Samsung in a Montana, you won't have a way to turn it off. My dealer told me... AND I QUOTE again, so I'm not being a "Mr. Know it all or a smart AZZ here"... flip the breaker in the breaker box. (Because the plug is impossible to reach without dismantling the parts that hold it in its cabinet so you can pull it up. There's no panel or access to the plug, no hidden switches, nothing!)
I also asked about the inverter. If the inverter is turned on, the refrigerator will run off the battery when not plugged into shore power as long as the inverter is turned on.
When plugging the camper into shore power, the transfer switch will detect the camper is now plugged into AC shore power and will switch over automatically from battery to shore power. But the inverter will still keep running off the battery. It does not shut itself off automatically because you plug into shore power.
RK911 (the third post on this thread) gave you the correct answer.
FYI, pushing the 2 buttons shuts down the compressor from running, but the refrigerator is not truly "off". That feature is designed for usage in stores when they display these refrigerators. The manual does not recommend using the refrigerator that way.
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201501/20150128152312186/DA68-01845C-16_NW2-FDR_XAA-EN.pdf
After watching dozens of YouTube videos on this refrigerator and trying everything possible with the actual machine, I finally contacted my RV dealership (Walnut Ridge RV near New Castle, Indiana) and asked them the simple question, "How do I turn it completely off."
Answer: .... and I quote.... "You can't!"
The only way to completely turn it off is to unplug it.
If the refrigerator is in a 2019 Montana, it's probably the same Samsung refrigerator, french doors with freezer on bottom, Ice maker, and may or may not have the water dispenser.
If you have the Samsung in a Montana, you won't have a way to turn it off. My dealer told me... AND I QUOTE again, so I'm not being a "Mr. Know it all or a smart AZZ here"... flip the breaker in the breaker box. (Because the plug is impossible to reach without dismantling the parts that hold it in its cabinet so you can pull it up. There's no panel or access to the plug, no hidden switches, nothing!)
I also asked about the inverter. If the inverter is turned on, the refrigerator will run off the battery when not plugged into shore power as long as the inverter is turned on.
When plugging the camper into shore power, the transfer switch will detect the camper is now plugged into AC shore power and will switch over automatically from battery to shore power. But the inverter will still keep running off the battery. It does not shut itself off automatically because you plug into shore power.
RK911 (the third post on this thread) gave you the correct answer.
FYI, pushing the 2 buttons shuts down the compressor from running, but the refrigerator is not truly "off". That feature is designed for usage in stores when they display these refrigerators. The manual does not recommend using the refrigerator that way.
