Keeping Things Cold on the Road
Interested to know how long things in refrigerator stay cold while traveling and if anything in the freezer thaws out if we're on, say, an 8 hour road day. Just bought a TT and haven't used it yet.
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We tow with our refrig off.
BUT... the vast majority of our trips are within a couple hours.
We cool down the refrig a couple days before leaving. We usually precook and prefreeze one or two dinners (stew for example) and put those in the refrig just before we leave. We also usually have a few water bottles that we freeze at home and again put them in the frig just before leaving. Most times, when we get to the campground we have to remember to remove the frozen dinner in order to let it thaw enough to be ready for heating up!
On our really long trips (to Florida), we just didn't put perishable food in the frig. This was convenient because a couple places on our trip required the propane to be turned off (bridges and tunnels), and the nice lady at the toll booth did ask us if the propane was turned off.
So... in my experience, our refrig keeps things plenty cold on short trips while turned off. On long trips, it would warm up a bit, but still keep things cool.
It really doesn't bother me if other people tow with the frig on or off.
BUT... the vast majority of our trips are within a couple hours.
We cool down the refrig a couple days before leaving. We usually precook and prefreeze one or two dinners (stew for example) and put those in the refrig just before we leave. We also usually have a few water bottles that we freeze at home and again put them in the frig just before leaving. Most times, when we get to the campground we have to remember to remove the frozen dinner in order to let it thaw enough to be ready for heating up!
On our really long trips (to Florida), we just didn't put perishable food in the frig. This was convenient because a couple places on our trip required the propane to be turned off (bridges and tunnels), and the nice lady at the toll booth did ask us if the propane was turned off.
So... in my experience, our refrig keeps things plenty cold on short trips while turned off. On long trips, it would warm up a bit, but still keep things cool.
It really doesn't bother me if other people tow with the frig on or off.
