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01-20-2015, 07:36 PM
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Fridge mode when traveling
We will be going on our maiden voyage on Thursday with our 2015 TT. Do you put your fridge in AC mode when traveling? And does AC mode also mean its connected/drawing from the batteries (when driving and dry dock) and then from electrical hookup when we are plugged in?
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01-20-2015, 09:20 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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If you have an inverter that will power the refrigerator you can leave it on AC. The engine alternator will replenish the batteries. This is how we usually travel.
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2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
Flat towing a modified 2005 Jeep (Rubicon Wrangler)
Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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01-20-2015, 09:33 PM
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We leave ours on Auto mode, which it will look for electricity first, and the go to propane if not found. Then when you get to a CG and plug into electricity it will switch back. It is safe to run it on propane while traveling.
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Orange County, California
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01-20-2015, 09:39 PM
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I do not know how your fridg and tt are setup but the units I am familiar with run on gas with 12v controls when not connected to shore power or gen set
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01-20-2015, 09:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hometool
I do not know how your fridg and tt are setup but the units I am familiar with run on gas with 12v controls when not connected to shore power or gen set
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Yep, same as ours.
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01-20-2015, 10:08 PM
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Monaco Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Leave it on auto and forget it till you get back home and then turn it off and clean out leaving the door open so no mold build up. Most of us travel with frig on auto if we are not all electric with residential frig. Some may tell you that it is not safe to travel with the propane on but I always do and have driven 40,000 + miles that way. Enjoy your maiden voyage.....many happy time ahead!!!
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01-20-2015, 10:15 PM
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Thank you Thank you!
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01-22-2015, 11:21 AM
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I leave in auto but make sure my propane is on the battery is good and I light the stove before we leave to make sure the propane is getting to the fridge.
Went to Disney world from nj and back with it on the whole way with no trouble. Worked great!
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01-22-2015, 02:58 PM
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Outdoors RV Owners Club
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I tried leaving mine on AC but I ran out of extension cord when I hit the freeway.
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01-22-2015, 03:05 PM
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And the extension cord wrapped around my drive shaft and catapulted me into a dich.
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01-23-2015, 05:46 PM
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you should have bought the extra long purple cord that stretches......
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01-23-2015, 06:21 PM
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Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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I you have an inverter then the fridge may work i A/C if the idiot who wired the inverter in wired it that way,, However if the very intellegent technician who wired the inverter in put the fridge on the master panel and NOT the sub panel, then it will now work on AD.
NOTE: terminology used above expresses my opinion of the technicians in this regard.
Fridge draws around 350 watts operating, that's roughly 35 amps at 12 volts (To convert 120 volt watts to 12 volt amps just divide by 10, The actual computation is far more complex, but this comes out fairly close).
That is a lot of current and your alternator may find it hard to push that much current that far fast enough to keep the batteries charged, Mine does (NOTE: the alternator has no problem generating that much, Just it's a long way to push at least on my rig).
Too much line loss.
I run the fridge on gas.
now, insurance companies want me to turn the gas off, but when I compare the costs to the benefits,, I run it on Gas.
If you wish, once the thing is cold, so long as you do not open the door, you can just shut it off for, generally, around 8 hours,, Since that's a long time to drive... Shut it (And the propane) off, Drive till lunck, turn both on, eat, turn both off, drive to evening, park and plug into shore power.
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01-24-2015, 09:33 PM
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Been driving with the fridge on gas for 23 years. Propane system on an RV is no more dangerous then gas fumes. I have arrived home after having my propane tank filled and found the valve on the tanks open. Now I always check the tank valve before loading the tanks at the fill station. And those propane attendants are qualified. So it's perfectly safe to have a line break and not have a propane leak.
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01-24-2015, 11:46 PM
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Lol
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