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meinthed
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Refrigerators not working - 05 Commodore 2860 Jul 18, 2020 12:04:15 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by meinthed on Jul 18, 2020 12:04:15 GMT -5

Hi all. Hoping for some help here. I have a New-to-me 05 Commodore 2860. All has been great for the first month of ownership, but headed out with the fam today, anchored at the sand bar, kids jumped in and I cracked open a warm beer from the fridge. Ugh.

I realized that both the cockpit and the cabin refrigerators are out. This is my first boat and I'm not really sure where to start troubleshooting.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer...

Pete

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Refrigerators not working - 05 Commodore 2860 Jul 19, 2020 10:31:52 GMT -5

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Post by gofast24 on Jul 19, 2020 10:31:52 GMT -5

First, are you fridges AC/DC or just AC powered? If you have shore power where you are docked the shore power cables will provide 120 VAC power to run them if the breaker switches are turned on? Was the beer warm before you sailed? Also, you should have separate circuit breaker(s) for the fridges, AC if only AC powered, and possibly also DC (which we have on our one fridge which will then run on shore power(or gen set) if plugged in or on 12 VDC house battery if not)

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