Refrigerator on D.C. When traveling?
Should you put refrigerator on D.C. When on the road. I had just been turning it off. I know not to use propane when moving. Comments.
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Our Roadtrek does fine going down the road on 12v. We have a little wireless indoor/outdoor thermometer mounted on the dash and just observe it as we travel. Now, that assumes the refrig was cold to begin with when we turned it to 12v. As soon as we stop for more than an hour or so, we shift back to propane and I have no concern whatsoever of going down the road on propane. On a really hot day, say over 100F, we go with propane.
Our three Class Cs we have owned over the years were all two way (110v or propane) so we always traveled on propane. As others have said TURN IT OFF before you get near a refueling pump. That's the reason we prefer to drive with 12v -- so we don't have to shut off the refrig when we refuel.
People have an inordinate fear of propane. In the area where we live, a lot fleets run on CNG (compressed natural gas) and it compressed to about 3000 psi in its tank. I have never heard of a CNG or LP (aka propane) problem around here and the CNG has been used by some local fleets for a couple of decades.
Paul
Our three Class Cs we have owned over the years were all two way (110v or propane) so we always traveled on propane. As others have said TURN IT OFF before you get near a refueling pump. That's the reason we prefer to drive with 12v -- so we don't have to shut off the refrig when we refuel.
People have an inordinate fear of propane. In the area where we live, a lot fleets run on CNG (compressed natural gas) and it compressed to about 3000 psi in its tank. I have never heard of a CNG or LP (aka propane) problem around here and the CNG has been used by some local fleets for a couple of decades.
Paul
