fosswd
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Hi, just bought our first motorhome and will be taking our first trip this week-end. Our question is...can you have your fridge running on propane while you're driving?
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dbbls
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Most of us do.
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90+ % of us do it that way. Those that don't are very vocal so will tell you absolutely not because in 1942 somewhere in the dessert near Timbucktu, an RV crashed and the propane somehow flowed out of the pipe and there was absolutely no wind so the propane somehow stayed in one place and caught on fire and blew up - killing everyone......in that entire Bengali village.....
Seriously though, if it worries you, the frig will stay pretty cold on short trips if you don't open it. We like to open ours alot (ice for the "cokes") so run it all the time. It's automatic that way ya know.
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fosswd
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Thanks for the quick replies. That's what we thought but we just wanted to check. We want to be sure the beer is cold when we arrive at our destination 
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odie1234
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Our refrigerator stays on from mid May when we leave Florida until we return end of October or so. The LP stays on. If it is hot out we run the generator while traveling so we have AC and the fridge will switch to AC electric, otherwise the fridge will run on gas. We also sometimes run a crockpot while traveling, as well as, an electric bread maker, a couple of computers and, if the grandkids are along a dvd player and tv. We do not run the hot water heater and the water pump is only turned on as needed. The generator and fridge are turned off when we refuel. Enjoy your travels.
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I won't say what percentage of rv'ers use the frig on propane while driving, because I do not know. However, I will let you know that I do have my propane tanks turned OFF while driving down the road. My reason is that for me it is not necessary and also,....in 1942 somewhere in the dessert near Timbucktu, an RV crashed and the propane somehow flowed out of the pipe and there was absolutely no wind so the propane somehow stayed in one place and caught on fire and blew up - killing everyone......in that entire Bengali village.
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cruiserjs
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"most of us do", "90% do" are just assumptions and generalities with no basis in fact.
WE never do. Our propane is turned off at the tanks before I ever hook up the trailer to the truck. 20 years of travel - and a lot of it in AZ desert spring/summer/fall heat we have never lost so much as an ice cube during 7-9 hour drives. IMHO - a waste of propane/$$ and a potential safety hazard in case of an accident.
Since you are just beginning - try it before you decide it's necessary.
Also - as a beginner you should check out the following web site - and then page down to 'fire safety'
www.rvsafety.com
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When I had a TT the fridge was a three way (AC/DC/Prop) so it would run off the batteries while going down the road. Since no one could ride in the TT there was no need for any other appliance to be on. I would turn off the propane tanks while hooking up to the truck. Now that I have a MH it has the horizontal tank that does not need to be turned off (except in some long tunnels) and I run the fridge on propane while traveling. If needed I will run the gen for AC, microwave, tv, computers, etc.
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steelpony5555
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If they did not want you to travel with it on don't you think there would be a warning sticker saying Turn off the propane before starting vehicle!! There are warning stickers for everything else. Better yet it would probably have a safety switch that would not allow you to start the vehicle unless the propane was turned off. There is a reason you can travel with your frig on propane and that's for when you are going down the road your ice cream don't melt. I grew up in that Bengali village and not all of us died.
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I would guess 90% is low for the number that do travel with the propane on.
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