Will Solar save my frig temp?
Class B Pleasure Way. In hot weather, on propane or battery power, the frig won't keep up. It does fine plugged in at a campground but I'm usually in a parking lot during the day. I've been leaving it...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:maillemaker wrote:
Fridge should operate with similar performance on gas or electric.
Not really. The propane burner produces a lot more BTU's than the Cal Rod does on 110 volts. Similar, but not the same in reality.
Actually propane burner btu vs electric element wattage produces very similar heat transfer. They are 'matched' for fridge performance
Electric element transfer heat generated directly to perk tube
Propane transfer heat generated via the flue baffle
Propane btu will be higher due to some heat being lost up flue
Propane will 'start' cooling process slightly sooner then electric but once the perk tube is up to temp both perform very close to each other.
Not on mine Mr. Biscuit, propane cools her down faster and keeps it colder. I rarely use 110 and never 12 volt.
Ran an absolute propane test last year with my fridge. From initial cool down to an empty 20 pound bottle was almost a month, actually, 28 days.
Mine shuts down completely at night so long as I don't open the door.
