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My_Roadtrek
Feb 20, 2015Explorer
The battery should charge while driving, and keep the fridge from draining the battery.
If you stop switch over to propane, or the fridge will drain the battery pretty quick.
Also, it takes a very long time using the vans alternator to recharge house batteries. For a 50% depleated battery 8 hrs or more. So you may have a battery that is already low before you even start using the fridge.
I always ran the fridge on propane while driving, just make sure it gets turned off when getting gas. You can read the thousands of posts on this topic, and make your own choice to run while on propane or not.
If you stop switch over to propane, or the fridge will drain the battery pretty quick.
Also, it takes a very long time using the vans alternator to recharge house batteries. For a 50% depleated battery 8 hrs or more. So you may have a battery that is already low before you even start using the fridge.
I always ran the fridge on propane while driving, just make sure it gets turned off when getting gas. You can read the thousands of posts on this topic, and make your own choice to run while on propane or not.
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