Fridge doesn't work

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by dboot01, Oct 9, 2024.

  1. dboot01

    dboot01 Light Load Member

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    My company put me in an international LT. It has a nice looking " Midea" refrigerator in it. Power outlets work. Power inverter working. I turn the know inside the fridge but it doesn't get cold. Am I an idiot or is this needing replacement?
     
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  3. 4wayflashers

    4wayflashers Road Train Member

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    What year truck? Do the blue lights inside the fridge light up?
     
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  4. cuzzin it

    cuzzin it Road Train Member

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    If the light comes on with door open
    Check cool dial, turning up and down. Feel for click somewhere along numbers.
    Light will tell you it has power.... unless bulb is out. Click will tell you thermo sensor is functioning. Altho it can still be prob....
    But all that will point to copressor being kaput
    Tell shop.they can look at it
     
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  5. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    How many hours has it been running? Does the light in fridge come on?
     
  6. wulfman75

    wulfman75 Road Train Member

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    I had a truck that had a switch by my apu controls for the fridge. Do you see something llike that?
     
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  7. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    If fridge light is working then fridge is getting power from inverter.
     
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  8. wulfman75

    wulfman75 Road Train Member

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    D'oh! lol
     
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  9. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    OP hasn't told us if his fridge light is working. He didn't say WHICH power outlets are working. My trucks had 1 or 2 120v outlets on the inverter and 1 or 2 120v outlets in the sleeper. IIRC, the power outlets on the inverter worked if the inverter was working. But there was a button or switch on/near the inverter that had to be turned on to power the 120v outlets in the sleeper. We don't have enough info from the OP, yet.
     
  10. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    None of the trucks I have had ran the fridge off the inverter.
     
  11. cuzzin it

    cuzzin it Road Train Member

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    If its aftermarket, they may go with 120v model
     
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