How many run with the fridge on?

[dmurdock]

Saw this in another thread. . just curious. I do (too stupid to know any better )

 

[Runaway]

Run with fridge on, why wouldn't you?

 

[mbrolin]

Got to have the brew cold when we set up camp. Uses very little propane. Ideally a 12v to 120ac converter(or is that inverter) would work but they are spendy.

 

[lizzyhermit]

used to, don't anymore ! even in the desert southwest, after getting it cold, then off, the brew stays drinkable.

 

[dresslered]

My 'fridge is a 3-way so it is in the 12V mode while driving.

 

[DocStressor]

Same here. But if I forget to go to gas or AC when I stop, the battery gets drained after about 1. 5 hr.

 

[Archive]

I do. But it is always in the back of my mind that I have propane running!

 

[RAMalama]

I TOW WITH MINE ON

When I use my fiver, I usually travel for a couple thousand miles and drive pretty hard. 600+mi a day. There's no way for my two way refrigerator to keep up if I keep it off while towing. Leaving it on has now become a convenient bad habit.



I towed my 92 Prowler for eight years with the fridge on. Now I tow my 2000 fiver with it on. Not safe I know, but dang, that fridge is part of RVing. I MAKE ice, I don't want to buy it!!!!



Ian.

 

[illflem]

I do even though my camper's owners manual says not to.

 

[Howard Durand]

I leave mine on but TRY to remember to turn it off before I fuel up.

There is a possibility of fire at a gas station.

There is also a possibility of fire if the trailer is involved in an accident but to prevent that, you would have to close the valves on the tanks each time you pull. Besides, the hose ends that attach to the tanks have safety valves in them that are supposed to close if any of the gas lines or hoses are severed.

 

[jstyer]

why not?

My fridge is a 3way also so it runs in 12v while driving. NO PROBLEMO!

 

[Partyat33]

We run with the fridge on LP, no 12V mode, almost always. It takes so darn long for it to get cold, like 5 hours, so you almost have to. Or be an ice magnet.



Dennis

 

[Bob Wagner]

I really enjoy ice cold beer...

So I always bring along a cooler filled with ice cold beer



BTW I also run with the fridge on, it switches to propane when the 120V is disconnected. auto mode



Happy Campin

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

I run mine on LP when on the road. If I need to fuel up at a place where there are gasoline pumps as well as diesel (which is not very often given the almost 60 foot length of my rig - I pretty much have to use truck stops) then I stop before I get to the pumps and turn off the fridge before pulling up and then pull away from the pumps before turning it back on.

 

[Okie-Go]

I run with mine on also. I heard that in someplaces it is illegal to run with propane tanks going down the road. I don't plan on doing it. I want to say it was a turnpike on the NE coast but I may be wrong.

 

[SlyBones]

I leave mine on. However I have heard there are places where its not legal to be left on. Worried about fire/explosion. Not sure how true it is. Just a rumor I am spreading. But I have heard things like Wash. State Ferry system does not like the propane left on while you are on board.

 

[SteveH]

Fridge problems (failing to circulate the ammonia compound for cooling) can occur when sitting still for several hours at over 2 or 3 degrees off level. This creates low spots and the ammonia just can't circulate after hours of this. When driving down the highway you are constantly jostling the cooling fluid every way possible and this cannot create a problem that I know of. I've traveled with the fridges on every camper I have had since the early 1980's with no problems.

Steve H

 

[RAMalama]

HAZMAT

I was actually stopped in the S. F. Bay Area for hauling Hazardous Material!!!! They said my propane tanks are HAZMAT and are not allowed in tunnels. I had to turn around. I was trying to go through the Coldicott(sp?) tunnels from Bezerkly to Walnut Creek. Maybe the cop was right but I had never seen THAT enforced before!

 

[JMorrow]

I run with mine on also. Did someone say BEER?

 

[Fireman Dave]

Off for me.

I used to tow my pop-up with it running on gas. When I got the new TT this spring, I re-evaluated and decided to run with it off and the gas valves closed. I think it's safer to have the gas valves closed in the event of a crash. I plug the trailer in the day before a trip to get the fridge cold. I find that it keeps things cold just fine while off all day towing. Even a 10 hour day in 90 degree heat doesn't cause a problem. Also, sometimes I fire it up on the gas when we're stopped for an hour or so for lunch to give it a boost. The pop-up fridge probably wouldn't have fared as well with this procedure since I don't think it was insulated as well as the bigger one in the TT.