running the fridge on lp

As mentioned, the fridge ALWAYS needs power to run, either from shore power or your batteries, even to run on LP. If your batteries go dead and your not hooked up to shore power, your fridge will turn off. Can't run 'em without juice!

You guys are great. That's exactly the info I was looking for. Thanks a bunch.

As others have said, the fridge does not draw much current. However, it is on 24 hours a day. If you have 1 battery, it probably has a capacity of about 100 Amp hours (AH). Of the 100 AH you should not use more than 50% for good battery life.

The 15 or so AH the fridge uses each day is a significant percentage of your battery power. Probably only the furnace is a bigger user if it is cold out. Excessive use of incandescent lights is also a big draw but during the summer they are not on that long. Replacing them with LEDs makes a big difference. Check out eBay. The water pump also draws a lot of current so take short showers.

My frig uses about 7ah per day while on LPG.

Some units have 12 volt electric heaters in the door area for humidity control on humid days. You turn them on and off. They are seldom needed, so be sure they are turned off, they do use quite a bit of power.

The biggest power sucks are your furnace, then lights. If you are concerned about battery life, switch out your light bulbs for LEDs. Start with the most used and switch a few at a time to spread out the cost. Go to ledtrailerlights.com for the best choice & good quality.

Some units have fans to help cool, especially if in a slide so your amp hours may be greater when it's warm out.

My fridge uses about 15 AH per day. If you have a multimeter, set it to the 10A scale, locate the fuse for the fridge, pull the fuse and put the meter across the contacts. Multiply the current you read by 24. That will be the ampere hours (AH) per day.

The frig uses 10 to 15 AH per day(depending on ambient and how often you open the door).

Doug

Old-Biscuit explains it well. To clarify what he is saying about the flame you see, that is the burner flame, not a pilot. The refrigerator needs very little flame to operate. Many people mistake this for a pilot flame, which it is not. Like Old-Biscuit said, the flame is ignited with an electronic spark.

Bruce