Refrigerator and fueling?
OK, to begin with I never pull into a fueling station without first turning my propane refrigerator OFF. The safety of doing this has been discussed elsewhere and not the subject that I am inquiring o...
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CloudDriver wrote:svjim wrote:
So can anyone say with certainty that disconnecting the battery will immediately switch the propane off also?
Thanks Jim
I'm 99.99% certain that removing 12 volt power from the RV will immediately cause the propane valve for the refrigerator to close. The same should be true for the propane valves for water heater and the furnace. A design that left the appliance propane valves open in a loss of power situation would be a major safety hazard.
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I had not thought of the other propane fueled appliances as I don't travel with them on. That being said, it is certainly easy to forget about the water heater. From this it seems that disconnecting the battery while fueling is an even safer idea.
Thanks,
Jim
