New to me AF camper, couple questions
Picked up an 05 AF 860 a few weeks ago and gave 'er a good brake in run from Seattle to Anchorage! Camper is great. Everything in it works awesome so far, but have a couple questions. I read in the...
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KD4UPL wrote:
I leave my fridge on from the time I start it up in the spring until I'm done camping in the late fall. When I'm plugged in it's on AC, when I'm unplugged it's on propane. I never use the 12v battery draining option. I've heard that ref. tend to last longer if you let them run. Something about how it lessens the cycle of thermal expansion each time the thing gets warm and then cold.
Mine is 10 years old and still going strong.
Kinda what I was thinking. But worth getting some opinions. PO said he ran it all the time (2 yrs he owned it), kept it plugged in and the heat on low to keep it dry inside, in wet Washington. Not sure how it lived the first several years though.
Seems like it is easy on the propane too.
I did have to run it on 12V for a while on the ferry (from Prince Rupert BC to Haines AK. They made me kill the propane when we boarded the boat. It ran for about 12 hrs and was still running when I checked it and the batteries (2 decent, newer interstates) were showing low on the panel.
I talked the engineer into letting me plug it in. Dont think it would have lasted much longer.
