Do you turn off your refrigerator?

[Camper_Sue]

Good Evening All... As long as we have been camping we had not heard that this was something we should do until this evening when a friend mentioned it to us. We keep our hybrid plugged in out in our driveway and use our fridge for extra food storage. He said that this can really affect the life of long term life of the fridge. We had no idea, been doing this for 3 years now from April-early Nov. Anyone have any knowledge of this, appreciate your input! Thanks, Sue

[ScottG]

According to a local rebuilder that replaced my cooling unit, it really does effect the life of the unit. It lasts longer if you dont constantly turn it off and on. They believe it's because of the thremal stress of expanding and contracting. They keep statistics and have found that full timers have far fewer failures.
Their advice is to leave it on all season long.

[SARGUY]

Have had several 5 th wheels over the past 20 years and have always done exactly like you do. Never had any problems with refers what so ever.