Fridge on 382
 

Is this thing supposed to operate on 12V and 115V? Mine was "unplugged" from the 115V socket, so I plugged it in, and it still does not operate except from 12V. Maybe I've got a bad socket or circuit breaker.

I think it always runs on 12 volt DC. When you plug in shore power, the 112 AC is converted to DC.

Yep, mine works the same as Troutly's Turn the DC off plug in your AC then turn on the ac circuit breaker for the fridge.

Same with mine.
Off the DC breaker
On the AC breaker

It seems like if there is 115VAC, then it should automatically drop the 12VDC operation. I still have not had a chance to check the 115VAC to see if it is actually there or not. I'll be checking tomorrow.

I think mine works on what ever breaker is on. I haven't got the balls to turn them both on at the same time...maybe it will get twice as cold:D :D

Reading the manual says that if AC is present, it won't use the DC power. I measured the socket and there is NO power with the breaker on, and thr fridge works on AC from another socket. So.......just have to see if the breaker is bad, or a broken wire some place.

Check behind the socket the wire may have vibrated loose.

Nort,
Did you plug in the BIG yellow wire first:o :D :D

What BIG yellow wire?

Gawd , I hope your kidding:o

As it turns out, the screw holding the wire on the circuit breaker on the AC panel had come undone and was nowhere to be found. The screw for another one was also half out. An easy fix!!!! (once a found my round key to undo the panel......why do they use those things!)

You already got it figured out, but YES, you can leave both bnreakers on all the time. The fridge will run on AC when present, and will drop to DC when AC is not present. It does this by itself, no switch flipping required. Does pull around 4 amps DC, so be sure you don't leave it sucking on your batts too long.

I noticed that my 311 was bad about tripping the main AC breaker every time I plugged in the shorepower. This became a hassle where I had to sandwich my tired fat ass back into the cabin and reset the breaker every time. No big deal if I wasn't alone, but I always was when throwing her on the lift (kids, guests, etc, all bailed to parking lot). I determined that the GROUND lug of the plug was not going in until the other 2 legs were in and the ground fault part of the breaker was kicking.

I filed down the hot leg some and now the spades go in NEUTRAL, GROUND, then HOT. No more popping breaker, and I can button up the cabin, be snapping down the cover, climb my butt out, THEN plug her in while the lift goes up with no worries. I DO stick my head against the hull to listen for the fridge humming (I turn off the battery switches so if it's running, it's on AC).