Questions on the fridge in my hybrid?????

yankeeslover wrote:
2011 jayco featherlite. I believe its a two way fridge and not three way. its a norcold model N512(I believe that's 2way)I understand one function is off of propane, but if its a two way would it run off of battery or the shore power?
also, how cold do these get? cold enough to keep cans of soda or beer cold? or do I need an ice cooler for that?
I understand that it takes a good 8-10 hours too cool off.. so before I leave for a camping trip, do I plug in to shore power the day before and turn on? it has 10 cold cycles, I will have to figure out which one to use... and when im driving do is it ok to drive with it running on propane while im driving?
last but not least, is it a PITA to travel with stuff in the frige? for example, meat, milk, hot dogs, soda??? or do they bounce and go all over the place? I have never done this before and rather find out how others do it before I have a camper full of sprayed beer and soda..LOL.. thanks

I believe I have the same fridge. Mine is 2-way - propane and AC. Like all RV fridges of this class, it works better off propane but off AC power mine works pretty well.

The fridge section gets cold enough to keep everything cool / cold depending on your setting. Too cool and my tomatoes freeze. I have even seen ice forming on my bottled water surface. It will have no trouble keeping your beer cold, and I have no cooler for this purpose.

It does take a while to get cool from ambient, and if you are in Texas summer weather it will take even longer. The night before I leave I put it on propane at max cold setting. I then load cold stuff ffrom my house fridge on the morning of departure. At that time the fridge is cool-ish but not where it should be yet. Probably a full 24 hours - 48 hours depending on ambient. But the 14 hours pre-cool works for me regardless of ambient temperature. Nothing has spoiled and everything is as cool as it needs to be by the time I set up at my destination. Ice takes about 3 hours to make on AC.

I drive with it on propane, but when I stop for gas I turn it off just in case. I also drove with it off and not much coolness is lost.

Pack your fridge with travel in mind and use the spring bars as well and you won't have any issues. We travel with the same food we eat at home (including leftovers!) so our fridge is full of meat, veggies, yogurt, cheese, milk, OJ, etc. Beer is put in after we arrive. Matter of fact, I am off to put beer in the fridge right now. :)