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Originally Posted by wdconnors

Just picked up a 2020 Challenger myself and had the same issue. The fridge is powered by the inverter at all times and is not disconnected by the use/store switch. To kill the fridge you have to turn off the inverter. However, from the factory the inverter is set to always on. To change this and control the inverter on/off from the remote panel below the touch screen, you have to turn off the power button on the physical inverter screen inside the storage bay (button up for off).

That is insane that they would do that. We have a Whirlpool Residential fridge. It is powered by shore power and cooling when the dial INSIDE the fridge is set to ON, no inverter needed, which is handled by the atf. When we are driving or boondocking THEN we turn ON the inverter to power the refer.

Inverter converts 12vdc to 120vac from your house/coach batteries , to run refrigerator (in residential case, microwave, and maybe outlets for tv etc) while not connected to shore power. Converter takes 120vac to 12vdc to power interior lights and any other 12volt systems in the coach while connected to shore power.