Turn off propane at gas stations - DO YOU?

Sometimes better to be a healthy sissy than a damaged fool.
Frank.

Francesca Knowles wrote:

BUFFALODAN wrote:
My 1st ever RV salesman told he he was once at a truck stop and witnessed an RV go up in flames- propane was on, lady ran some hot water in the RV while her husband was filling up. Spark from the h2o tank firing up set the whole thing up in flames.

That story stuck with me and I never travel with my propane on. ...snip...

Seems to me that the lesson of this story isn't that one should never travel with the fridge on propane, but that one should turn it off when fueling up.

As most have advised in this thread.

Or, at least, turn everything that uses propane off.

BUFFALODAN wrote:
My 1st ever RV salesman told he he was once at a truck stop and witnessed an RV go up in flames- propane was on, lady ran some hot water in the RV while her husband was filling up. Spark from the h2o tank firing up set the whole thing up in flames.

That story stuck with me and I never travel with my propane on. ...snip...

Seems to me that the lesson of this story isn't that one should never travel with the fridge on propane, but that one should turn it off when fueling up.

As most have advised in this thread.

Hi,

Duty cycle, when the fridge is cooled off, is 2:3. i.e. 40 minutes on per hour. But (and it is a big but) when it is not cooled, duty cycle becomes 1:1. If the fridge warms significantly, it may take more propane to cool it off than is saved by turning it off.

I "cheat" and use my inverter to power the fridge while trundling down the road.

Nvr2loud wrote:
You must have a great fridge, an hour or so without my fridge running and it's starting to warm up. The inside of the trailer is so hut in the sun that the fridge warms quickly. If I'm only traveling for an hour or two I will use frozen water bottles inside the fridge to keep it cool, but I will run propane if longer then 2 hours. I'm not afraid of the safety of running propane, I just don't like to waste it since it costs so much money.

BUFFALODAN wrote:
My 1st ever RV salesman told he he was once at a truck stop and witnessed an RV go up in flames- propane was on, lady ran some hot water in the RV while her husband was filling up. Spark from the h2o tank firing up set the whole thing up in flames. That story stuck with me and I never travel with my propane on. Ive never had an issue with food in my fridge or freezer getting warm and my trips are usually all under 7 hours mostly in the 2-3 hour range.

You must have a great fridge, an hour or so without my fridge running and it's starting to warm up. The inside of the trailer is so hut in the sun that the fridge warms quickly. If I'm only traveling for an hour or two I will use frozen water bottles inside the fridge to keep it cool, but I will run propane if longer then 2 hours. I'm not afraid of the safety of running propane, I just don't like to waste it since it costs so much money.

My 1st ever RV salesman told he he was once at a truck stop and witnessed an RV go up in flames- propane was on, lady ran some hot water in the RV while her husband was filling up. Spark from the h2o tank firing up set the whole thing up in flames. That story stuck with me and I never travel with my propane on. Ive never had an issue with food in my fridge or freezer getting warm and my trips are usually all under 7 hours mostly in the 2-3 hour range.

safeties are for sissies.
bumpy

I think there is a reason they place safeties on some things and they are called people but they still manage to screw things op.
Frank.

Slownsy wrote:
I ges that most don't use the safety on there firearm's either and travel with on in the breech the probability of it going of in an accident is after al not weary high.
Frank.

Very true......
My Revolvers and Semi-autos have been drop tested by mfg.----passed/certified.

I ges that most don't use the safety on there firearm's either and travel with on in the breech the probability of it going of in an accident is after al not weary high.
Frank.