Inverter usage while underway
Greetings to all. This may or may not be a tough question. I am presently considering the purchase of an inverter to keep my reefer running while underway. I have a single 12v deep cycle battery. ...
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A couple of things:
"smkettner"....I asked out of curiosity, often new owners get bad info regarding things such as propane use and its safety.
A statement above about propane fires is exactly the type of bad information I'm talking about. Unsubstantiated statements about propane catching fire from blowouts and fueling stations are old wives tales.
I was a full time arson investigator for 16 years in Los Angeles County. Of all the RV fires I investigated, they all occurred while parked with the exception of two that were fuel fires from a back firing engine (Chevrolets with quadrajet carburetors). One was a refer install by the owner who didn't install the propane connections correctly and the majority of the rest of them were electrical, or open fires in RV's that were inoperable.
"smkettner"....I asked out of curiosity, often new owners get bad info regarding things such as propane use and its safety.
A statement above about propane fires is exactly the type of bad information I'm talking about. Unsubstantiated statements about propane catching fire from blowouts and fueling stations are old wives tales.
I was a full time arson investigator for 16 years in Los Angeles County. Of all the RV fires I investigated, they all occurred while parked with the exception of two that were fuel fires from a back firing engine (Chevrolets with quadrajet carburetors). One was a refer install by the owner who didn't install the propane connections correctly and the majority of the rest of them were electrical, or open fires in RV's that were inoperable.
