When to Shut the Fridge Off
we all know(or should anyway) that rv fridges don't like being out of level except when moving So when do you shut it off? I shut ours off whenever we're parked and its not level. shopping, fuel ...
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Three travel trailers with gas/electric refrigerators and kept all three in the "auto" position all the time and "on." Never turned them off, except when the camper was shut down for the winter and the outside temperatures was colder than the inside temperature of the freezer.
Now, I have an all electric residential refrigerator and it's never been turned off, except ... when I forgot to turn on the inverter when traveling. oops! Done that a few times. Once at our destination and plugged into electricity, I shut the inverter off.
All our campers were always parked at home and we kept the refrigerators going for additional refrigerator and freezer space. It comes in REAL handy around the holidays!
FYI, now that I have an all electric residential refrigerator, there's no more controversy over turning refrigerators off when refueling, ... which I never did. Only a couple times did I actually turn the tanks off, and that was when traveling through some tunnels that ran underwater.
Now, I have an all electric residential refrigerator and it's never been turned off, except ... when I forgot to turn on the inverter when traveling. oops! Done that a few times. Once at our destination and plugged into electricity, I shut the inverter off.
All our campers were always parked at home and we kept the refrigerators going for additional refrigerator and freezer space. It comes in REAL handy around the holidays!
FYI, now that I have an all electric residential refrigerator, there's no more controversy over turning refrigerators off when refueling, ... which I never did. Only a couple times did I actually turn the tanks off, and that was when traveling through some tunnels that ran underwater.
