Running your propane Refrigerators while traveling?

colliehauler wrote:

GrandpaKip wrote:
Probably have a better chance of blowing up from static electricity while fueling.

Bet there was a thread on this earlier this year.

You are a 100 percent correct, static electricity is the leading cause of fires at fuel pumps.

So true - especially in the dry winter. Oh - and I always run with it on.

OK her's my propane horror story. MY wife took our popup on a solo trip with some of her friends to go horseback riding in southern Illinois. She towed the pup while someone else towed her horse. The propane tank was loose and eventually fell off the tongue of the trailer and was dragging down the road. When my wife finally got pulled over by the state troopers who pointed out the tank they noticed that the dragging had worn a hole through the side. The tank was full and you would think that with all the sparking and such when the propane leaked out it would have exploded. No. My wife bought a new tank and had a great weekend. And yes I travel all the tine with the tank on and running the fridge.

For propane to explode requires the proper air/fuel ratio.

Watched a house fire where the 500 gallon propane tank next to the house got hot and vented through the OPD valve on the tank. The plume of fire went 50 feet in the air, but there was no explosion.

GrandpaKip wrote:
Probably have a better chance of blowing up from static electricity while fueling.

Bet there was a thread on this earlier this year.

You are a 100 percent correct, static electricity is the leading cause of fires at fuel pumps.

Probably have a better chance of blowing up from static electricity while fueling.

Bet there was a thread on this earlier this year.

OK her's my propane horror story. MY wife took our popup on a solo trip with some of her friends to go horseback riding in southern Illinois. She towed the pup while someone else towed her horse. The propane tank was loose and eventually fell off the tongue of the trailer and was dragging down the road. When my wife finally got pulled over by the state troopers who pointed out the tank they noticed that the dragging had worn a hole through the side. The tank was full and you would think that with all the sparking and such when the propane leaked out it would have exploded. No. My wife bought a new tank and had a great weekend. And yes I travel all the tine with the tank on and running the fridge.

Terryallan wrote:
"Many" people WILL turn off the fridge while fueling. (the open flame bothers them). And then once out of the gas lane. turn them back on. But going down the road is no problem for a propane fridge.

X-2 especially if the frig vent is directly across from another person fueling their vehicle, very little danger from your vehicle because of the distance.

trailer_newbe wrote:
Ok, so leaving fridge on while driving has been settled.

On this forum?....... Never. Just start a generator thread and see what I mean.

Everything I read on here I take with a grain of salt. A LARGE grain.

Course I don't have the propane fridge issue. I have a Seacop Compressor Fridge. Runs on 12 volt, very efficient, actually keeps stuff cold on hot days and keeps ice cream rock hard too.

Propane fridges are for the Amish, not for me.

donn0128 wrote:
Probably 95% of RVers do.

More like 99%

Ok, so leaving fridge on while driving has been settled.

"Many" people WILL turn off the fridge while fueling. (the open flame bothers them). And then once out of the gas lane. turn them back on. But going down the road is no problem for a propane fridge.