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3oaks
Apr 05, 2016Explorer
dougrainer wrote:I agree. We have ran ours on both depending on where we're camped. Did not find any discernable difference. Fridge and freezer worked fine. And I might add, for ten years so far without a single glitch. ;)valhalla360 wrote:
I'm confused. Gas fridges in an RV forum typically refer to ammonia absorption models that have no Freon.
I think most compressor based (typical of household units) no longer use Freon.
Gas fridges in electric mode aren't that efficient but they typically are only run in electric mode when in a campground with power available so it's not a big concern since electric generally comes with the site. If you try to run them off battery power...it's just silly as the reason for using gas unit is the ability to not use electricity when dry camping.
There is NO difference between 120 ac mode and LP gas mode in cooling. BOTH have almost identical BTU heat output. Doug
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