Traveling with the propane on.
We have always had a refrigerator that ran on 12vdc as well as propane and 120vac. The new camper refrig uses only propane or 120vac. Do you run with the propane on so the refrig stays cool or tur...
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The correct answer is "it depends."
If you are talking about a short trip, especially in mild weather, say 4-6 hours driving, the refer will be fine with not propane. It'll hold even frozen foods that long. If you are talking about an 8 hour drive every day for several days in a row through the late July heat of the southern or southwestern states, then you pretty much have no choice but to leave the propane on.
The choice is yours to make.
I have done it both ways. Twice I've dragged the TT from Virginia to the Southwest and back in August. Both times, the trip involved several long days in a row driving in 90°F heat. I left the propane on and had no trouble.
I note that if you are in a wreck, two propane tanks are two potential bombs, whether they are turned on or not. Although they have guards to protect the valves, it is relatively easy to knock those valves off, or puncture the tank, and if that happens, look out!
I have been required to shut the propane off to board a ferry across Puget Sound, or cross the Hoover Dam, or transit certain tunnels around Norfolk and Portsmouth. So be prepared to do that if the authorities require it.
If you are talking about a short trip, especially in mild weather, say 4-6 hours driving, the refer will be fine with not propane. It'll hold even frozen foods that long. If you are talking about an 8 hour drive every day for several days in a row through the late July heat of the southern or southwestern states, then you pretty much have no choice but to leave the propane on.
The choice is yours to make.
I have done it both ways. Twice I've dragged the TT from Virginia to the Southwest and back in August. Both times, the trip involved several long days in a row driving in 90°F heat. I left the propane on and had no trouble.
I note that if you are in a wreck, two propane tanks are two potential bombs, whether they are turned on or not. Although they have guards to protect the valves, it is relatively easy to knock those valves off, or puncture the tank, and if that happens, look out!
I have been required to shut the propane off to board a ferry across Puget Sound, or cross the Hoover Dam, or transit certain tunnels around Norfolk and Portsmouth. So be prepared to do that if the authorities require it.
