Keeping Things Cold on the Road

Lynda Singer Island wrote:
As the OP in this thread I must say it's been entertaining. I posted the question on my first day with RV.Net. This is our first foray away from tenting and I am surprised at the off-topic responses; I thought RVers were all-around 'happy campers.' Is this thread typical??

I'll be one of the first to apologize before the thread gets closed. This is a great place to get opinions on questions based on RV'es of all experience levels. You can use them all to form your own opinion, try a few ideas and see what works best for you, then share your findings when the question comes up again as it surley will.

Unfortunatly, there are those who have the need to force their opinions down your throat and resort to scare tactics or contrived stories and pictures trying to showing their plumage.

I let someone like that get on my nerves. and will aspire to not let it happen again. Best of luck to you and happy camping.

Deleted - not worth it.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
How do you sleep at night when camping with that propane valved in service...YIKES!

+1

I worry far more about propane when sleeping than when towing.

My fridge was working fine on AC while in Mexico. I left and the gas jet got something in it because after 2 hours on the way home in 110F weather, the fridge had gotten up to 52 degrees by constant wireless monitoring. I was still 3 hours from home so the food was not safe anymore (milk meat, etc.)

So yes you can turn it off in cooler climates as long as your temps don't go above 38-40 ish. Here in AZ or other hot climates you can forget about that.....you must run it or your fridge will absorb heat. BTW my trailer is a "4 season" insulated with dual pane, but at 110F it will get hot, just a matter of time. Im with you on this Huntindog.

I have been an ASE master auto tech and semiconductor engineer for over 25 years and understand and work with pyrophoric, flammable and poisonous gases daily. I feel just fine leaving my propane on.

Side note, I took a half full propane tank out to the desert once and shot it up with an AK about 50 rounds.......holy******did it NOT blow up. It just hissed and leaked and froze up since it evaporates at -44F.
I leave mine on.

I've become so discouraged with this thread, I sold my RV last night so I don't have to deal with the issue. :R

mhardin wrote:
Why kill the thread? No one forces you to read it.

Let's argue about that too. If it gets too far off the track then it will be closed.

dadmomh wrote:
Good morning, Mod.....Is it time to put this thread out of its misery? This is rivaling the dreaded tire question. Folks, isn't this supposed to be fun and informative?. OP, you've got lots of opinions, so just decide what is right for you, and Happy Camping!

Why kill the thread? No one forces you to read it.

Good morning, Mod.....Is it time to put this thread out of its misery? This is rivaling the dreaded tire question. Folks, isn't this supposed to be fun and informative?. OP, you've got lots of opinions, so just decide what is right for you, and Happy Camping!

mhardin wrote:

2oldman wrote:

Lynda Singer Island wrote:
.. I am surprised at the off-topic responses; I thought RVers were all-around 'happy campers.' Is this thread typical??

Anything even tangential to running the refer while driving will end up this way. Same with generator noise and staying at Walmart. Time after time, day in and day out, ad infinitum.

RVers usually are happy campers, when camping. Just not so much here.

Don't forget tires and night lights.

Make a thread about checking your tires while camping in a Walmart parking lot with your generator running and the outside trailer lights on... see what happens then!

Actually, there is a ton of information on this forum, including in threads that go off at an angle like this one. The "back and forth" can spice it up a bit. Everyone does everything differently. You will figure out what works best for you (usually a combination of other people's ideas), and in a future thread you'll tell people how you do it!

"Winter is coming..." Winter always makes this forum more entertaining!

LarryJM wrote:

jaycocreek wrote:
Awe shucks Larry,didn't know you wanted RV fires especially by the frig..Here ya go buddy...



Huntindog-

When Jeff Smith was running Smiths Food King there were NO cooler alarms,atleast in the Idaho stores and all the stores were not 24/7.

Yep another completely useless post designed only to fan the flames and try and introduce scare tactics. Those well documented refer fires have "ABSOLUTELY NOTHING" to do with the issue of running the refer on propane while traveling and you know that ... or maybe you don't:S:h

Larry

X2, I agree this looks like a wheel bearing or brake fire to me but I don't know for sure and neither do you. To listen to all the bull flying here folks should even be scared to sleep in their rv. Talk about stretching a post way to far. This is a prime example of two old farts like I am taking things way to far.