Travel with Kill Switch Off
do any of you flip the kill switch for when you're driving down the road ? We got our step working again and I'm a little gun shy about it coming out while driving ... thought about using the kill switch ?
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ron.dittmer wrote:
vjswhippet wrote:
Yeh, that took me by surprise my first time owning a motor home with a 120v & propane fridge. It requires 12V electricity to control the propane. So when you kill the 12V, you kill the fridge.
ok thank you ..... I didn't think there was power to the fridge when you were driving ... only when on shore power ? or propane ? I pulled a trailer for 15 years .. this is my first year of a Class C so I'm still learning about it
Same for travel trailers, 5th wheels.vjswhippet wrote:
Yeh, that took me by surprise my first time owning a motor home with a 120v & propane fridge. It requires 12V electricity to control the propane. So when you kill the 12V, you kill the fridge.
ok thank you ..... I didn't think there was power to the fridge when you were driving ... only when on shore power ? or propane ? I pulled a trailer for 15 years .. this is my first year of a Class C so I'm still learning about it- ok thank you ..... I didn't think there was power to the fridge when you were driving ... only when on shore power ? or propane ? I pulled a trailer for 15 years .. this is my first year of a Class C so I'm still learning about it
- On our rig, the electric step is powered by the chassis battery so it goes in automatically even with the all the house shut off.
Like others say, killing the power to the house shuts off the fridge, and maybe the house batteries won't get charged. - I really can't know how yours is wired but on mine if I do that the alternator will not charge the house batteries while driving,and the refrigerator won't work.
I would check that. - If you don't need battery charging while in transit.....
