Help with keeping Refrigerator running
I will be traveling from TX. to CA. in my Pleasureway motorhome. It will take 3.5 days, as I am traveling with senior pets. One of whom is on insulin and it has to be refrigerated. My question is h...
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PSW wrote:The risk involved with refrigerator running on gas at a fuel stop probably differs for gas vs diesel so that is probably why I am still alive. We have 140K+ miles on our Sprinter diesel LTV and always have our refrigerator on gas when on the road because gas (for our refrigerator) is much more effective than DC mode. And we have never turned off the refrigerator when refueling.
SharynB, one note of caution. When going down the road running the refrig with the propane, you need to turn to refrig completely off just before you fill up with gasoline. Just a standard procedure for safety. Just pull into the gas station parking lot, turn it off and then pull to the pumps to fill. Then, reverse the procedure when you are ready to leave.
I am sure everyone does that but it can be easy to forget on a long trip.
I know a sample of one (and with diesel) is irrelevant but your statement that this is just a "standard procedure for safety" is a little overstated. In all our travels and association with others doing the same in Class Bs, I have never heard of this as a standard procedure, nor heard of any gas station being blown up due to this infraction.
Now, when we get our propane tank refilled the propane valve is turned off while refilling. Propane is a different beast entirely.
Fire away with comments. No pun intended.
