Traveling with the propane on.

myredracer wrote:

2oldman wrote:
There's another poster on this board who, because of fridge fire fear, won't drive with the propane on. The logic of that escapes me.

You won't drive with it on, but you'll sleep with it on??

Because when you are towing, there is the action of the wind inside the burner (negative or positive pressure) that potentially could do something. Not the same as when standing still when parked...

Mac McCoy, the RV Fire Guy, recommends turning off the fridge before travelling. http://www.rversonline.org/01ConfCCFire.html

So you turn your fridge off on windy days too? :h

myredracer wrote:
Because when you are towing, there is the action of the wind inside the burner (negative or positive pressure) that potentially could do something. Not the same as when standing still when parked...

That link you cite doesn't mention that, unless "if you have a fire" means to you the refer catches fire when driving. To me it means you are in a collision and have a fire.

It's all moot anyway, in the end we all do what we feel comfortable with. Some won't use 2 6v batteries because "what if one fails?" Or public wifi because it's "insecure." Ah well... such is life.

bfast54 wrote:
Travel with them on......30 years Firefighter......Never saw a Fire,SOLEY CAUSED by leaving Propane on.

Question ???????????? Do you turn your gas off,at home,when not using it, Just in case???????
Do you turn off your Electricity,at home ,when not using it...just in case????

Of Course you dont........Propane Fridges were ment,designed,engineered to be used on the road....PERIOD.

Totally agree...great post! On the other hand, I have seen LOTS of vehicle fires caused by gasoline. Instead of turning off our propane, we'd be much safer turning off the GASOLINE supply to our tow vehicles while traveling down the road... ;)

2oldman wrote:
There's another poster on this board who, because of fridge fire fear, won't drive with the propane on. The logic of that escapes me.

You won't drive with it on, but you'll sleep with it on??

Because when you are towing, there is the action of the wind inside the burner (negative or positive pressure) that potentially could do something. Not the same as when standing still when parked...

Mac McCoy, the RV Fire Guy, recommends turning off the fridge before travelling. http://www.rversonline.org/01ConfCCFire.html

There are no such stickers on my bottles or trailer.

kmwaterboy wrote:
Propane off. There's two white stickers above the propane tank that states ...When traveling propane tank and appliances must be turned off. Good enough for me.

IndyCamp wrote:
I leave it on while driving and while fueling.

I've never done it any other way and neither has my father-in-law who has been RV'ing for 35+ years.

Seriously, when was the last time you heard about an explosion at your local truck stop/gas station? And when was the last time you heard about an explosion at your local truck stop/gas station caused by a spark from an RV fridge?

When I am fueling up, my fridge is WELL away from the fumes.

x2.
There are some things that the worriers don't think about.

So you as a safety minded person managed to find a place to pull over to turn off the propane/fridge before entering the fuel station... Feeling good and safe you begin refueling (don't forget, you still need to find a place after refueling to turn the propane/fridge back on) And a Motorhome pulls up on the opposite side of the pump from you..... You have no idea if he is aware of the need to turn off his propane/fridge first.... He could be about to explode, wiping out you and your family.

Starting the TV after refueling. The starter motor can spark. And it is low to the ground which is where the gas fume concentration will be the highest... Better push your rig a safe distance from the pump before starting it! Same thing for the spark plug wires. Ever looked under the hood at night to see a light show from some cracked plug wires? I've seen it. Of course nobody here has any wires like that,,, But what about the car at the pump right next to you???? These examples are actually MORE likely to cause a gas explosion that the RV fridge, as they occur closer to where Gas fume concentrations would be the highest
Now that I've given some paranoid people insomnia.....
I'll tell them why these things are not normally a problem...

Gasoline needs a pretty narrow air fuel ratio to become explosive.
It is difficult to impossible for this to occur in a open air area.
:B

I leave it on while driving and while fueling.

I've never done it any other way and neither has my father-in-law who has been RV'ing for 35+ years.

Seriously, when was the last time you heard about an explosion at your local truck stop/gas station? And when was the last time you heard about an explosion at your local truck stop/gas station caused by a spark from an RV fridge?

When I am fueling up, my fridge is WELL away from the fumes.

Travel with them on......30 years Firefighter......Never saw a Fire,SOLEY CAUSED by leaving Propane on.

Question ???????????? Do you turn your gas off,at home,when not using it, Just in case???????
Do you turn off your Electricity,at home ,when not using it...just in case????

Of Course you dont........Propane Fridges were ment,designed,engineered to be used on the road....PERIOD.

When I had our tent trailer...it was off....I was one of those nay sayers. New propane tanks have a safety device on them. On our new TT, we do run with propane on, there is no options. It has it‘s advantages and that is that I do not need to buy ice, bring any coolers and keep meat/meals frozen on longer trips...oh can‘t forget the ice cream. I am surprised how much we can fit in the fridge. I still turn it off before I pull up to tge pumps and turn it back on after we leave the pumps.

thomasmnile wrote:

lovemytt wrote:

My thought was to put the battery in at the storage and turn the propane and refrigerator on the day before.

An option if allowed by your storage facility. Facility where I park our TT doesn't allow that........ they even put it in writing in the contract, right after the clause about not parking in the facility with anything in the holding tanks or FW tank. :D

Our storage place is owned by a local independent with water and drop station on site. He also installed an air pump to air up tires. He helps me out when I get in a bind. You're post made me realize just how special this place is. I love entreprenuers!