Leaving 5th Wheel for an extended Period

[ventrman]

When leaving my 5th Wheel for an extended Period without Electric hooked up, how long will my Frig work on a full 30 Pound Propane Tank?

[Sam_Spade]

ventrman wrote:
All of my Questions have been answered. I will just leave the door propped open with the Frig shut down. Thanks everyone.

It is also a good idea to wipe down the interior about 24 hours after shutting it down.....if you are able to do that.

[Veebyes]

Depends on the size of the battery bank first of all.

Second, why leave it on if you won't be there for weeks?

[Old-Biscuit]

352 wrote:


The question was how long would a fridge run on a 30lb tank. Not how long the battery would last or power to run the converter. I think he got the answers for both.

Re-read OPs 1st post......

[ventrman]

All of my Questions have been answered. I will just leave the door propped open with the Frig shut down. Thanks everyone.

[352]

Old-Biscuit wrote:

352 wrote:

ventrman wrote:
When leaving my 5th Wheel for an extended Period without Electric hooked up, how long will my Frig work on a full 30 Pound Propane Tank?

On low in central Fl. in the summer, empty, with an interior circulation fan was 28 days. The reason I know this is because I also wanted to know. So I filled one up and turned it on and 28 days later it was empty. And I tried it on electric for 28 days and checked the kilowatt hours. Gas is for sure cheaper.

And during those 28 days you must have had some means of battery charging.

OP would be running off of battery......no charging
Fridges only uses roughly 2200btu per hr (or less)---roughly 291 hrs of run time on a 30# (7 gal) cylinder

The question was how long would a fridge run on a 30lb tank. Not how long the battery would last or power to run the converter. I think he got the answers for both.

[Old-Biscuit]

352 wrote:

ventrman wrote:
When leaving my 5th Wheel for an extended Period without Electric hooked up, how long will my Frig work on a full 30 Pound Propane Tank?

On low in central Fl. in the summer, empty, with an interior circulation fan was 28 days. The reason I know this is because I also wanted to know. So I filled one up and turned it on and 28 days later it was empty. And I tried it on electric for 28 days and checked the kilowatt hours. Gas is for sure cheaper.

And during those 28 days you must have had some means of battery charging.

OP would be running off of battery......no charging
Fridges only uses roughly 2200btu per hr (or less)---roughly 291 hrs of run time on a 30# (7 gal) cylinder

[Sam_Spade]

ventrman wrote:
the Reason I was asking is......

That does not explain why you would WANT to leave the frig on for 6 months even if you could.

[352]

ventrman wrote:
When leaving my 5th Wheel for an extended Period without Electric hooked up, how long will my Frig work on a full 30 Pound Propane Tank?

On low in central Fl. in the summer, empty, with an interior circulation fan was 28 days. The reason I know this is because I also wanted to know. So I filled one up and turned it on and 28 days later it was empty. And I tried it on electric for 28 days and checked the kilowatt hours. Gas is for sure cheaper.

[2oldman]

ventrman wrote:

2oldman wrote:
I was going to see how old your 5er is, but your profile shows a DP.

I have not changed my Profile. I have a 2006 Forest River 5th Wheel.

This forum is playing tricks on me.

[fj12ryder]

JMO of course, but if I was leaving it for 6 months I'd empty the fridge, turn it off, and prop the doors open. Why take a chance that something may happen to shut down the fridge? That would be one horrible mess.

[ventrman]

the Reason I was asking is we are leaving the 5th Wheel in south Texas. We have purchased another one in Tennessee. We will stay in it for 6 Months during the Summer every Year, then back to Texas every Winter. The RV Park down here will probably require that all Electric be cut off while we are in Tennessee.

[DutchmenSport]

My parents had the old style refer in their 1963 trailer. It used no electronics. Dad ran the refer all summer on one 20 pound propane tank. I kind of wish they still put those in today's campers.

[ventrman]

2oldman wrote:
I was going to see how old your 5er is, but your profile shows a DP.

I have not changed my Profile. I have a 2006 Forest River 5th Wheel.

[2oldman]

I was going to see how old your 5er is, but your profile shows a DP.