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DrewE
Sep 29, 2021Explorer II
It sounds like a not good experience at all, and I feel for you there. The rental place is clearly letting lots of things fall through the cracks...or wide crevasses, in this case.
That said, I don't think the fridge difficulties are really the fault of the rental place. A two-way fridge needs either propane or 120V AC to operate; and if you have neither, there's no physical way it can cool. If you want it to cool while underway, you need to have the propane on, which is what most, or at least many, people do. (The 12V power is simply for its control electronics; the propane burner--or 120V heating element--is what actually operates the cooling unit proper.)
That said, I don't think the fridge difficulties are really the fault of the rental place. A two-way fridge needs either propane or 120V AC to operate; and if you have neither, there's no physical way it can cool. If you want it to cool while underway, you need to have the propane on, which is what most, or at least many, people do. (The 12V power is simply for its control electronics; the propane burner--or 120V heating element--is what actually operates the cooling unit proper.)
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