How to power a 2-way refer while driving?

I made a wireless remote control to turn the refrig off and on from the drivers seat. It makes it effortless to turn off the refrig before we pull into a gas station and back on after we leave. We have a motorhome but there is no reason it wouldn't work with a TT.

Our fridge stays on auto just about 24/7. It only gets shut down on 2 occasions. One is when it is being cleaned and the other when we are refuelling. I pull in to a station, the DW jumps in the rig and hits the switch. Reverse the procedure when done fuelling. If the station is busy we will wait, pull off down the road and switch it on so not to hold up the folks in line.

It's not a super inconvenience. How many times a day do you stop to refuel in a day?

Sorry to say, but nowadays your driver's license IS your pilots license....

Francesca Knowles wrote:

Nvr2loud wrote:

oldchief7155 wrote:
Just turn it off when you fill your tow vehicle gasoline tank and then relight it when done fueling.

Except the reason is the possible ignition of gas fumes from the pumps, but turning the propane off will often still cause a source of ignition as each appliance attempts to relight. The spark rod is running causing a very high heat ignition source.

Propane off or on is the same risk.

I hope it's understood that when folks say "turn off when refueling" that means the appliances themselves, which then cannot relight automatically.

Hope springs eternal.............all you need to do is read some of the comments on this or any other topic and you find common sense in short supply...........There should be a requirement for an RV training class before allowing the masses to plunk down some cash and roar away with a TT attached or behind the wheel of an MH all without any idea of that they in essence have a tiger by the tail and it will bite, hopefully when it does I will be somewhere else. The same applies to operating a boat - motorcycle etc......I would love to see the same kind of training and testing required to obtain a private pilots license. Just to many scary folks on the highway with an RV......notice I didn't say IN CONTROL of an RV

Nvr2loud wrote:

oldchief7155 wrote:
Just turn it off when you fill your tow vehicle gasoline tank and then relight it when done fueling.

Except the reason is the possible ignition of gas fumes from the pumps, but turning the propane off will often still cause a source of ignition as each appliance attempts to relight. The spark rod is running causing a very high heat ignition source.

Propane off or on is the same risk.

I hope it's understood that when folks say "turn off when refueling" that means the appliances themselves, which then cannot relight automatically.

I turn mine off when fueling, but leave it on otherwise. However, I often see people smoking at the pumps, and they never cause an explosion, with their ignition source just feet away from the fuel fill.

I have no plans on trying to imitate them, though, so better safe than sorry. If a lit fridge does catch the pump, that's definitely a crim negligence charge right there.

pappcam wrote:
For me, the propane stays on to the fridge for my whole trip, even at gas stations. There are quite a few threads on here regarding this topic.

I wouldn't worry about fueling my diesel with the refer on LP, but I would have some worry about fueling a gasoline vehicle, gas fumes are highly combustible, and I think here anyways state law prohibits fueling any vehicle with ignition source present (flame/vehicle running/etc), so I won't even chance it on my diesel.

For me, the propane stays on to the fridge for my whole trip, even at gas stations. There are quite a few threads on here regarding this topic.

oldchief7155 wrote:
Just turn it off when you fill your tow vehicle gasoline tank and then relight it when done fueling.

Except the reason is the possible ignition of gas fumes from the pumps, but turning the propane off will often still cause a source of ignition as each appliance attempts to relight. The spark rod is running causing a very high heat ignition source.

Propane off or on is the same risk.

Simple way to overcome THAT problem is to use an inverter/charger in combination to keep the TT battery charged underway.