Towing With Refrigerator On Propane

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My current rig, propane and fridge go off before it moves. I use freezer packs to keep stuff cold, which does work for 8-12 hour stretches.

Next motorhome, I'm looking at a rig with an inverter and/or a 12 volt line, so when on the road, I'll have the fridge run from the alternator or generator.

Propane is a safe fuel. Unlike gasoline, it has to build up to just the right amount before it goes boom. The main reason I turn it off is because when towing, the fridge is usually empty, and with a motorhome, might as well use the energy from the engine or battery and not bother using LP gas.

Mine wouldn't stay lit after a guard fell off on one trip, so we didn't use the propane. We never had an issue with food spoiling. The fridge stayed cool enough just by keeping it full of soft drinks and plugging in the RV every night.

Given a choice, though, I run it on propane when I'm driving.

1L243 wrote:

At least they have a heavy enough TV. :B

Slate CM wrote:

1L243 wrote:

At least they have a heavy enough TV. :B

Looks like a little Overkill, but you wouldn't have to put up with the weight police. ;)

always towed our Fifth Wheel with gas and Refrigerator on. Always have our refrigerator running in the MH.
When we first got our Fifth Wheel, in the middle ages we tried without the gas on and fridge running. I think we had some things ruin. Been a while.
On a longish trip involving several stops with it off everything is going to be semi fried or spoiled, so to speak, here in the south, in August.

We always have and will always do.

My FIL has owned every form of RV over the last 35 years and he says he always has and will continue to do so.