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chiliman
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Oct 14, 2015

Propane or genset for refrigerator when on the road

All, We will be embarking on our first multi-day trip. We will travel with overnight stops for 2 days before stopping at a a campground where we can plug in. While on the road for the 2 da...
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msmith1199
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Oct 15, 2015
mowermech wrote:
cableguy574 wrote:
I run my on the inverter, no fuel cost at all.


No, on second thought I just won't respond to that....


You were going to say the inverter gets it's power from the batteries that are getting their power from the alternator and the extra load on the alternator causes more drag on the fan belt so the engine has to work harder and uses more fuel to power the inverter, weren't you?

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