Refrig on Propane
We are going to leave our TT for 5 days because we need to return home due to a medical issue. Campground will store it for us with no electric hookup. Our refrigerator is fully stocked. Both propane ...
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Anmacc2 wrote:
To be sure I understand correctly: the refrig needs the 12 volt system to run off propane? And five full days on one battery is too long and the battery will go dead and the refrigerator will stop working? If I'm understanding this correctly I learned something new today. I've been camping for forty years but have only boondocked one night at a time and moved on the next day. I've never boondocked two or three days successively. Thank you! You saved me a refrigerator full of food spoiling and the mess it would have created.
The refrigerator controller needs battery power, and you also have a gas detector, possibly CO detector and other items in the trailer that will be drawing battery power, even when you don't think you have anything turned on. My last TT used somewhere around 30 amp hours of power a day just sitting there when I had the battery switch turned on and the fridge running on propane. That will kill a single battery in just a couple days.
