I recently purchased my 1st travel trailer to place in a RV park on the Texas coast. It is a weekend getaway and will only be used a couple of weekends a month at best. My question is, should i leave the AC and fridge on when i leave or turn them off ?? I have a pretty tight budget for utilities due to high cost of RV spaces in coastal areas. Would love some advice from experienced person.

Yes, leave both on all the time.Turn the A/C up to the high 70's or low 80's.Fridge won't eat up much utility cost.A camper in the south that doesn't have the A/C running full time is a miserable existence, just asking for mold and mildew problems.

Leaving anything running unattended is asking for trouble. Moisture can be managed with products made to eliminate moisture in stored RVs.Based on the stories I've seen in the RV forums and on the news a majority of RV fires are traced back to the fridge.Read the recent post about the A/C units with smoke coming from the vents. https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29945396.cfm

Frig on ac set at 80 or higher. When you arrive at the trailer will it be near dark? Later in the day arrival will enable a shorter time to cool down.

I'm for leaving AC units off. Do you have 30 or 50 amps and do you know what the voltage is like when you're away? If it's on the low side near 105 volts at times, that will lead to damage to AC units. If you're 30 amps, running 2 AC units is inviting trouble even if you have good voltage. It can't really take that long to cool down? If it even does much anyway if really hot out... :(Folks leave fridges running all the time on electric when parked. Have you ever inspected the fridge burner or had a tech do it? They can deteriorate or get fouled up.I anything, do NOT leave water turned on!

I'd start with following your practice at home; you can always set the temp to trigger the AC high, at 85 for example, and see how that works. Just keep in mind that on a95 degree day, the unit will run a lot, and expense and triggering electrical concerns shared earlier. We matched to burn out a smaller guage extension cord on a 105 degree day when it ran straight for hours. Yes it was a dumb move, but a good learning lesson here too.

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Weldon
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Aug 09, 2019
Frig on ac set at 80 or higher. When you arrive at the trailer will it be near dark? Later in the day arrival will enable a shorter time to cool down.
the_bear_II
Explorer
Aug 09, 2019
Leaving anything running unattended is asking for trouble. Moisture can be managed with products made to eliminate moisture in stored RVs.

Based on the stories I've seen in the RV forums and on the news a majority of RV fires are traced back to the fridge.

Read the recent post about the A/C units with smoke coming from the vents. https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29945396.cfm
WTP-GC
Explorer
Aug 09, 2019
Yes, leave both on all the time.
Turn the A/C up to the high 70's or low 80's.
Fridge won't eat up much utility cost.

A camper in the south that doesn't have the A/C running full time is a miserable existence, just asking for mold and mildew problems.

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