Traveling with refrigerator on gas???
I've traveled with the refrigerator running on gas for years but recently heard it is against the law to do that. I was just wondering how many do it. Thanks,
Forum Discussion
captnjack, you asked "how many fill caps are close to the fridge?" Not many but this did remind me of a response I got years ago to a similar rant I just made here.
An older gentleman was filling his conversion van at a gas station and had the fridge running. He somehow managed to lose control of the hose as he was removing it from the van and also managed to spray gasoline all over the side of the van and covered the vent area of the fridge. Yes, it did catch fire and all of this was caught on security video.
Because my fridge is in the trailer many feet behind and above the fill cap I am not really worried. If I were driving a van with a much shorter distance between the two I would probably shut it down before filling. The point that was trying to be made here was that this was "proof" of fires caused by running with the fridge on. Uh....no...this fire was caused by gross negligence of the driver, period.
An older gentleman was filling his conversion van at a gas station and had the fridge running. He somehow managed to lose control of the hose as he was removing it from the van and also managed to spray gasoline all over the side of the van and covered the vent area of the fridge. Yes, it did catch fire and all of this was caught on security video.
Because my fridge is in the trailer many feet behind and above the fill cap I am not really worried. If I were driving a van with a much shorter distance between the two I would probably shut it down before filling. The point that was trying to be made here was that this was "proof" of fires caused by running with the fridge on. Uh....no...this fire was caused by gross negligence of the driver, period.
