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SuaveGato
Sep 13, 2014Explorer
Reddog1 wrote:
While traveling, I have been running my fridges on propane since 1972 in several different TCs.
Could be a CYA thing for the manufacture. It is conceivable the lit fridge could ignite gasoline when you are at a gas station. I am not aware of it ever happening, but possible. If I had that concern, I would simply turn the fridge off when traveling. With the door closed, the fridge will stay cold for a couple of days.
If the fridge flame went out, the igniter would relight it.
Lots of folks are concerned about turning the engine off when refueling. I have never seen a problem, and when you are fueling cars are typically all around you with the engine running.
Sounds reasonable to me, thanks. Since my fridge is in fact a true 3 way, I think just to save propane I will travel in DC mode, letting the truck alternator run the fridge (through the batteries) then switch to LP or Shore when I get to where I'm going.
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