RVs + propane tanks + Facebook

[Trbo323]

Tell me you guys haven't traveled hours just waiting for a cold beer but wait… your fridge is warm, without telling me.

So get the fridge down to temp before you leave, even if there is no power to it, it's a cooler. If people have enough brain power to plan a camping trip I don't see how getting the fridge and it's contents chilled before they leave is that difficult. Throw an ice pack in if you are that worried about it.

Maybe I'm making an assumption here but I feel like most people, if the power goes out at home don't immediately panic and plug their fridge in to a generator. They tell people in the house to keep the door closed as much as possible. If it goes on for a while, in my area I'd say 8+ hours maybe then it's time to plug it in to keep everything cool. But if people are fine letting their home fridge go a while without power, why is the camper fridge unacceptable?

And that's all assuming you have to go without power, most modern campers are set up to run the fridge on 12v power or more precisely 110v through the inverter while under way. It's not as effective as being plugged in to shore power or propane but it's plenty adequate to keep the stuff that's already chilled down to temperature for the handful of hours you are on the road

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[XEMON]

They make 12v fridges, they are a lot more efficient than the AC ones. My roof solar are more than enough to run the fridge and light continuously even when cloudy, under heavy vegetation get about a week out of 4 golf cart 6v batteries.
Ditch the propane fridge and use a native 12v, you won't regret it 👍

[martix_agent]

how long would a 12v one last on battery compared to a propane tank? Or are you saying use a 12v one while driving?

[XEMON]

If im just running the fridge and lights (all LED) it will run off the solar without needing shore power ... Ever ...
When driving the solar are still charging the house battery and the fridge is still running 👍
I also have an isolator so when the engine battery is charged, the alternator charge the house battery.

The only time I had issues is for a weeklong camping in the rain in Alaska and I was running the large AC coffee maker ... I have since ditched it and heat up water on the stove 😅

[BrickHaus]

It's funny how relevant this thread is to me.. I literally hooked my camper up for the first time this year. I put a new propane tank in and turned the valve on without a thought. I don't usually run the propane tank in transport, but I just did reflexively...

That all being said. We have a multi powered fridge.itll freeze your beer on 120v. It does not really cool at 12v. Ive honestly never tried the propane. propane..

We just plugged the camper into the house with an adapter before this trip. The fridge effectively has a day or two on shore power while we stock it up and pack. It does keep food and drinks cold enough for a 3 or 4 hour car ride once cooled down, so I've never really felt the need to use the other powers.

[Trbo323]

It's funny how relevant this thread is to me.. I literally hooked my camper up for the first time this year. I put a new propane tank in and turned the valve on without a thought. I don't usually run the propane tank in transport, but I just did reflexively...

That all being said. We have a multi powered fridge.itll freeze your beer on 120v. It does not really cool at 12v. Ive honestly never tried the propane. propane..

We just plugged the camper into the house with an adapter before this trip. The fridge effectively has a day or two on shore power while we stock it up and pack. It does keep food and drinks cold enough for a 3 or 4 hour car ride once cooled down, so I've never really felt the need to use the other powers.

Propane can typically get it the coldest of the 3 options you have but it actually takes a while for the refrigerant to start cycling and chill the unit down. Usually there's also an adjustment so it's not just one temperature with no adjustment. Most units take 12+ hours to get it down to temperature from a room temperature starting point.

Start the day before, get everything chilled and the propane cycling, switch to 12v while in transit and then back propane while camping.

110v does ok in most units, a lot of people still use the propane side while camping even if they have shore power. The units use very little propane, it's basically a pilot light so the consumption is extremely low

If your unit does great on 110v that's awesome, you have a few options then. I would suggest testing out the propane side at some point just to verify it functions correct so if you ever want to go dry camping you know it's functioning properly

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[vijil]

Just got done taking this 6berth around the South Island here. (Recommended)

Definitely always required to turn off gas when on the road. Fridge is 12v so can happily run the whole time off a big household battery.