Our first trip in the (new to us ) TT is coming up this weekend. I have read several topics on the subject and have decided to travel with the LP on just like we used to with the camper. Father and Grandfather did the same. I have no 12 volt option and running my inverter to power AC will kill the battery by the time we get there. DW has a few foodsafe courses and the thought of poisoning the entire family in a remote area is not very pleasant. My question is: Everyone agrees burning the fridge a few degrees off level is very bad for it, but no one ever talks about what 10 miles of 10% grade will do? Most of our trips involve a lot of climbing and descending, how hard is this on the fridge? Thanks
It is not hard on it at all. I am sure that a few experts will chime in soon and tell you how it actually works. Until then I will give you the sort of, kind of, story.
You have an evaporative system and in order for it to work, the fridge needs to be level to allow of the condensate to flow back to the thing a ma jig. When you are traveling the motion and the rocking of the unit will actually enhance this effect. So, when the gas evaporates (or condenses), it flows easily back to the condensor thing (or whatever) because of the motion of the trailer.
So there you have it. Perfectly clear. Don't worry about the fridge while you are traveling. Once you get to camp,then you need to level.
This, in my opinion, is the best piece of equipment in my trailer. I love my refridgerator.
Unless you are going to be on the road for a real long time, simply plug in a day or two before leaving, pack up the fridge and hit the road with the fridge off. It is good for a real long time if unopened. The reason you don't have a 12 VDC capability is the fridge does not operate very effectively on 12VDC and this option has gone the way of the Dodo. The 12VDC would usually maintain a cold fridge but going from off takes forever.
Vic
One of our most looked at accessories is the frig temp gauge (basically an indoor/outdoor temp. guage, with wire running into frig). It works on one AA battery, and gives a readout of both the inside frig compartment and also the interior RV temperature. When temps start to get in upper 40's in frig, we turn it on, otherwise we leave frig off. Has worked great for us while traveling all over the USA.
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