40 degrees is considered the cut off where bacteria will grow more rapidly.
Uh, by whom and to what relative degree. No pun intended.
The FDA. From what I remember reading if your food gets above 40 degrees for more than a couple hours that is when the risk increases. Not that the food will instantly go bad but that is where the chance of bacteria growth increases.
traveylin wrote: There are a whole lot of refrigerated trucks on the road. Probably more than rv's. I am confident that they turn off the propane before hooking up. There has to be a federal transportation law.
Those trucks refrigeration units are using diesel.
There are a whole lot of refrigerated trucks on the road. Probably more than rv's. I am confident that they turn off the propane before hooking up. There has to be a federal transportation law.
40 degrees is considered the cut off where bacteria will grow more rapidly.
Uh, by whom and to what relative degree. No pun intended.
The FDA. From what I remember reading if your food gets above 40 degrees for more than a couple hours that is when the risk increases. Not that the food will instantly go bad but that is where the chance of bacteria growth increases.
noplace2 wrote: 14 years of fulltime traveling. The propane is always off while we're enroute. Just makes sense. We've done checks over 6 hours (a record day for us) with the ambient temps in the mid 80's and have seen the refrig temp rise from 38F to a whopping 41F. Yowzzaa! Keep the thing closed. You'll be fine. OR, run the reefer on propane and believe what you will anyway.
Happy travels.
40 degrees is considered the cut off where bacteria will grow more rapidly. So as long as you know it was not above 40 for too long you should be fine.
shakyjay wrote: Can't say for sure sure but doubt the numbers are actually 50/50. Would guess that more run with it on than off. You can count me in with those who leave it on. I have watched plenty of folks leaving campsites and rarely if ever do I notice any turning off the propane. I also don't hear much on the news about RV's catching fire and blowing up while running down the road. Not saying it never has happened but if it does it is probably pretty rare.
That's my take on this also and seaeagle2's post just above yours makes some additional salient comments. I worry more about that 5ton "BOX" tailgating me only 3' behind me that wants to run over me all the time while I'm towing.
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Can't say for sure sure but doubt the numbers are actually 50/50. Would guess that more run with it on than off. You can count me in with those who leave it on. I have watched plenty of folks leaving campsites and rarely if ever do I notice any turning off the propane. I also don't hear much on the news about RV's catching fire and blowing up while running down the road. Not saying it never has happened but if it does it is probably pretty rare.
In America the country where a 5 gallon bucket has a warning label that a kid could drown in it and plastic bags have a warning that they aren't a toy there is nothing that I could find either in my fridge or trailer manual that mentions not to use the fridge on propane while traveling. I'm nust saying.....
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14 years of fulltime traveling. The propane is always off while we're enroute. Just makes sense. We've done checks over 6 hours (a record day for us) with the ambient temps in the mid 80's and have seen the refrig temp rise from 38F to a whopping 41F. Yowzzaa! Keep the thing closed. You'll be fine. OR, run the reefer on propane and believe what you will anyway.
Happy travels.
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myredracer wrote: You won't find anyone with more applicable training and experience, including with RVs, than Mac the Fire Guy. ................. What he says makes perfect sense to me.
Except he apparently does not comprehend the concept of shut-off valves that act in response to a sudden high flow situation (such as a ruptured line). To my mind that is no different than having the tanks shut off while travelling.
I don't see his "qualifications" as valid at all when it comes to telling people how to use their RV's. He clearly knows nothing about RV PP systems or how a propane tank shuts itself off when it detects a massive leak. This fact alone disqualifies him as any kind of expert on the subject.
"Massive leak" is the operative phrase. There is no guaranty that any leak is going to be massive.
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