TXBlue
Saginaw, TX
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Propane On.
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DW "Rose" 
2008 Ford F250 Lariat, SD/CC, 4X4, 6.4L diesel, 6.5 ft. bed
2002 Cardinal 28WB, 5vr
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mecreature
Indianapolis, IN
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I get everything good and cold before leaving. Stock the fridge and let it run.
I have traveled with it on and off.
Question???
To all you people who run their fridge on gas. When you make frequent stops here and there do you worry about your rig being level?
just curious..
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BB_TX
McKinney, Texas
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mecreature wrote:.........Question???
To all you people who run their fridge on gas. When you make frequent stops here and there do you worry about your rig being level?
just curious..
No. But then our stops are usually in rest areas or parking lots that are usually relatively flat.
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hwybnb
Southern California
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mecreature wrote:To all you people who run their fridge on gas. When you make frequent stops here and there do you worry about your rig being level? I never worry about it, but if I am going to be out of level for more than 10-15 minutes, when I go into a restaurant to eat for example, I turn it off.
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pghfan
Liberty, NC
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I found that if I chill the fridge down good and cold before departure, pack it with food that is already chilled via my home fridge, we can go about 6 to 8 hours with several of the blue ice packs in there, and nothing turned on. Frozen stuff occasionally gets partially thawed, but everything stays cold enough to be safe. Longer than that, it's propane on.
Bob E.
2010 Puma 31-DBSS, 2008 Ford F250 Super Duty Turbo Diesel XLT Crew Cab
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Ductape
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We turn ours on a couple of days before a trip, and turn it off a few weeks and several thousand miles later. Left in auto, which for ours is propane when mobile and ac if on shore power.
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willald
NC
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..Like pghfan said above, we've found there is absolutely no need 95% of the time when travelling, to leave propane on. If you turn frig on a day or two before you leave, let it get cold, and also put your food in it a day or so before you leave so its good and cold, too.....You can easily travel almost all day with frig/propane off, and everything will stay perfectly cold, so long as you don't open the frig any.
There is no need to waste propane cooling the frig, so long as you don't open the frig any when travelling, and don't travel more than 8 hours or so at a time. Doing so just wastes propane, that I'd rather save for when I get there and REALLY need it for things like heat, cooking, etc.
Now, on the very rare occasions we stop along the way and have to open the frig (like if we have lunch in the trailer), in that case I will turn on the propane and let it run some.
I have no concerns about running frig on propane when travelling, from a safety standpoint. However, I just find that for the way we travel/camp, 95% of the time there is simply no reason whatsoever to do it, so I don't waste the propane.
Will & Angela
2 children that love camping, Stephen & Allison
2003 Ford Excursion V10 4x4 ("No Taxpayers were harmed by the makers of this truck")
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pete42
Ohio
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skipnchar wrote:If your fridge is equipped to operate on 12 volt power (usually very small ones) then that would probably be a GOOD choice for a means of KEEPING it cold while traveling. IN most instances it is NOT a viable means of actually GETTING it cold however. It is preferred while traveling because most of the three way fridges do NOT have DSI ignition system and keeping a pilot light model lit while traveling can be very difficult. Once DSI because a popular means of lighting the burner it allowed for LP use to become the preferred method. As for the safety issue of running LP systems, if they're not safe for use in an unoccupied trailer while going down the road how would I ever get to sleep at night with it running?
I have to disagree 12 volt never worked all that well for me on the three trailers I have owned.
Propane on the other hand DSI or not worked everytime and NEVER blew out when going down the road.
some say turn the flame off when refueling just when and where they turn it off I have never figured that part out turn it off when at the pump? turn it back on at the pump or drive some where stop turn it off then pump gas then drive somewhere else and relight?
I just left mine on so far so good someday you may hear a boom and see me flying bye you'll know why.
Pete
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ShapeShifter
Buffalo, NY
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mecreature wrote:To all you people who run their fridge on gas. When you make frequent stops here and there do you worry about your rig being level?
They are not really that sensitive, they don't have to be perfectly level. If you actually measured the angle in degrees, and compared it to the refrigerator specifications, I'll bet you'd be surprised how far out of level you can be without an issue.
For example, if parking on the side of the road, the lean you would get from the crown of the road is not nearly enough to bother the fridge. Similarly, a front to back slope of a foot over the length of the rig is usually not going to be an issue (unless you have a very short trailer.)
A number often quoted is 3 degrees side to side (for the fridge, so lengthwise for a trailer.) That's actually a significant slope. To put it in perspective, a 25 foot trailer that's 1 foot higher on one end than the other is only at a 2.5 degree angle. If your trailer is longer, the height offset can be even more. (For three degrees, take your trailer length in feet, multiply it by 0.628, and you will get the allowed inches of rise for that length.)
If it's reasonably level, like a parking lot, don't worry about it, even if there is a bit of a slope. If it's a really significant slope, and you're worried about it, then just turn it off.
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tvman44
Southwest Louisiana
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My fridge stays on, 120 volts when available and automatically switches to propane when no 120 available including on the road.
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"A bad day camping is better than a good day at work!"
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