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pnichols

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Posted: 06/30/20 10:14am

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Desert Captain wrote:

"One concern I do have with us taking our small Class C around to visit places is having to leave it parked too much off-level for long periods with it's absorption refrigerator turned on. "

Anytime we park the coach with the frig on I always check to see just how level we are. If it is even close to not being level enough I just turn it off. If you leave the door closed and don't let the coach heat up too much by opening a vent/windows or even running the fan the interior temp of the frig will change very little if any.

You just have to remember to turn it back on when you return. Between my bride and I we manage to remember to turn it off and back on every time we refuel so this ritual is not a problem.

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I've never turned off the frig when parked during RV trips - but once when parked at a picnic site the RV was tipped bad enough such that the frig appeared to have stopped on it's own - because the interior temp went up into the high 50's. That was a highly unusual out-of-level way to park that we've never had to do since. I probably should turn the frig off if a parking situation like that ever arises again.

I turn off all propane appliances whenever we gas up by turning off the coach's master 12V system switch by the coach entrance door. On the cab dash I have a voltmeter mounted that shows the voltage level of the coach's 12V system. Very rarely after gassing up I've forgot to turn the coach's master 12V system switch back on ... meaning we were driving with the refrigerator not cooling until I was able to pull off and turn the master 12V system switch back on. The voltmeter warned me by showing zero volts on the coach's 12V system.

I also use the voltmeter on the dash to tell me if the coach's 12V batteries are getting properly charged by the alternator when going down the road ... which has saved my bacon a couple times by telling me that the inter-connect solenoid between the engine battery and coach batteries was no longer working. When the alternator is properly charging the coach batteries, of course the voltmeter on the cab dash indicates voltages in the high thirteens or fourteens.

* This post was edited 06/30/20 12:29pm by pnichols *

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