Refrigerator

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Gsragtop wrote:
Question, someone said the two way units run colder (or get colder faster) on gas then electric.. Is this true??

NO

A BTU is a BTU regardless of heat source

My understanding was the gas burner provided more BTU than the electric element

I fought a gas station fire a few years back where a motor home turned his tank off but no the frig. he started to gas up and fumes got into the frig and the spark ignited the fumes and burned up his MH and a UPS truck next to it. I now travel with the tank off and the frig off and put in reusable ice packs around the food and haven't had a problem with loosing food this way. But yes turn on the frig a few days in advance and make sure the food you put in is cold too, or you defeat your purpose.

Gsragtop wrote:
Question, someone said the two way units run colder (or get colder faster) on gas then electric.. Is this true??

NO

A BTU is a BTU regardless of heat source

Question, someone said the two way units run colder (or get colder faster) on gas then electric.. Is this true??

First off....congrats on the new RV!

Secondly.....make sure RV is reasonably level before turning that fridge on. Hate to start off with a new RV and damage fridge from off-level operation.
Note: fridge needs to be level when operating it when stationary/parked.

It's OK to run it ON when traveling cause the bouncing/jostling while traveling will keep the ammonia solution moving.

I only have a 2 way fridge...electric or propane so when we travel it's operating on propane.........and is safe to do so. If it wasn't safe I wouldn't want to operate it while sleeping.

Last winter we left ours on for 5 months.We travelled often - were in 50 campsites during the winter. When plugged in the fridge was on electric and when travelling or boondocking it was on propane.

actually we did turn it off once to travel on a ferry.

An hour and 1/2 to the campground? No need to leave it on. Your call. It will be fine on or off for that short trip. We sometimes go 5 hours with it off, and everything stays cold.

I start mine the night before we leave on electric- Once we are ready to go- I switch to gas for the ride- I've never had issues- when we get there- everything was always cold

Leave it running--it won't hurt a thing.

We switch ours over to 12 volt mode and have traveled as much as 5 hours. I understand that some people switch to propane with o problem.