Two way fridge on DC?
Our Dometic fridge is a two way. It works perfectly on 110 VAC, and is well insulated. We towed without power for about two hours. Everything was still nice and cold or frozen solid. But it was clo...
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doxiemom11 wrote:
It's just like at home if the power goes out - the frig/freezer will keep things cold for a couple of days if you leave the doors closed.
Depends on the frig I guess. Whenever I had power outage - in different places and different fridges - darn thing started leaking after a couple hours. Half a day at best.
So if you freeze the meat, for example, it could still be hard, almost frozen, by the time you arrive on the camp, but I wouldn't count on it remaining frozen by the next morning.
OP - fix your gas fridge, as many suggested. DC option on a typical ammonia fridge is the easiest way to kill your batteries and inverter, as others noted.
Running propane on the road or not - up to you. All kinds of risks associated with ammonia fridge will increase when you add shaking and vibration during driving. I would rather reconsider my menu instead, choosing items that can survive few hours of warm temperature - it's not that difficult.
