Just did some voltage testing and, interesting enough, as per the Atwood operating manual- "the Moister Divider Heater is automatically controlled" is correct. Whether the refrigerator was running on AC power or just on the batteries/propane, the blue wire (J10-6) never had power during the 1/2 hour that I monitored it. I am not sure what determines when the heater gets power, but it is not continuously on.
I will likely still add a switch (probably right on the cover of the power board) so that while we are dry camping the heater can not draw precious battery power.
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