propane fridge on when traveling
Ok just thought I would ask, " If you are driving how many of you run your fridge on propane? Some other thread hit on this as a safety issue just wondering what the masses are doing. I do realize s...
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Interestingly, Mack the Fire Guy asks at Rallies who drives with propane on or off. He then asks how many "Yes" are Fire Fighters. He states that he has never had a full time Professional Fire Fighter admit to driving with the propane on.
We usually do not. Some 6 or 7 years ago we stopped for lunch and I turned the propane on to get a blast of propane past my face. The Extend A Stay fitting had fractured.
Now we keep it off. But...recently we have had fridge problems and began leaving a thermometer remote in the fridge. Driving in temperatures up to 30C the other day the internal fridge temperature went up to 15C by the time we had arrived in Mazatlan. (freezer stays below 0C) We're off to San Carlos tomorrow, an 11 hour trip; I'm tempted to leave it on. OR buy a bag of ice for the fridge before we leave.
We usually do not. Some 6 or 7 years ago we stopped for lunch and I turned the propane on to get a blast of propane past my face. The Extend A Stay fitting had fractured.
Now we keep it off. But...recently we have had fridge problems and began leaving a thermometer remote in the fridge. Driving in temperatures up to 30C the other day the internal fridge temperature went up to 15C by the time we had arrived in Mazatlan. (freezer stays below 0C) We're off to San Carlos tomorrow, an 11 hour trip; I'm tempted to leave it on. OR buy a bag of ice for the fridge before we leave.
