12V fridge Problems

[dazza_ca]

I have a 1994 230 DA.. ( 1st season with boat )

my problem is the fridge works fine on shore power, but will not work on the 12Volt system when not on shore power.

The boat is new to me, so not sure if it worked before, maybe the fridge has been changed? or it could just be a wire or something?

Does anyone know if there is a Fuse somewhere that may have blew, and how many watts would I need to run it off a power inverter? I have a 800-1500W inverter onboard, but wouldn;t run the fridge when I plugged it in.

Any help would be great?
Thanks

 

[ezwoo]

I had the same issue on my fridge. There is a device on the back of the frig that needs to be replaced.It costs about $100. Not a big deal.

 

[ultratiger89]

I had to replace my fridge rectifier after the voltage regulator on my generator fried and popped the caps in the fridge controller. Since then, sometimes it works on DC, sometimes it doesn't , don't really know why. Most times it does work though.