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04-26-2019, 02:15 PM #1
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Towing with refrigerator on
First pull this weekend in our new Imagine 24 BH. What do most people do to keep the fridge cool while traveling down the road? Will the electric off the battery be sufficient or have to use gas?
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04-26-2019, 02:19 PM #2
I don't think the electric off the battery is sufficient to run the fridge, but I'll admit, I don't understand all that stuff.
Technically, you shouldn't tow with propane on. But a number of us do it. If we're only a couple of hours from our first stop on a trip, we often won't turn the fridge on until we get to our campground. It can take about 8 hours to get a good cool down on the RV fridges, so the first night we're covered since we transport our food from home to the rig in a big cooler. Then load up the fridge the next morning.
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04-26-2019, 02:25 PM #3
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I've been reading that most people do, with all the technology we have today this safety factor has to be better then years ago. Of course any dealer or manufacture is most likely is going to tell you to not to pull with the fridge running. I can't believe people empty and reload the fridge - why have the fridge if you can only use it half the time.
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04-26-2019, 03:03 PM #4
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We cool it down with shore power the night before we leave and load food in the morning. We run on propane from hitching up until we are on shore power again or until we return from boondocking.
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04-26-2019, 03:12 PM #5
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Two way fridges (propane or 110 volt operation modes) I suspect is what you have unless GDRV is installing three way fridges which have a 12 volt operation in addition to propane and 110 volt. Thus when traveling the only cooling option is to use propane or to have an inverter from 12 volts DC to to 110 volts AC powering the fridge. I do not believe the inverter is even an option with the Imagine line. Residential models of Solitudes have these as an example.
Possibly you are referencing the fridge fan (for slide out installations to cool the exterior condenser hot coils) which runs when the fridge is on either propane or 110 volt. When on propane mode and the RV not plugged into 110 volts, yes, the fridge fan will be running off the RV 12 volt battery. The RV battery will run down after several hours if not plugged into 110 volts or being charge from your vehicle system through the 7 way connector as when going down the road.
Running on propane when traveling is pretty common and most of us do so.
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04-26-2019, 03:33 PM #6
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All of our trips in the past were under 3 hours & never once used gas while traveling. Our camper stays plugged in until we leave for a trip so the refrigerator is always cold & running. With our typical travel time of under 3 hours the food is always still cold when we arrive so once plugged back into shore power at the site we are fine. This year we plan to extend our range, at that point I will start using the propane to cool the refrigerator.
In other words if you’ve cooled the refrigerator overnight prior to traveling & aren’t traveling far you probably don’t even need to use your propane if you’re uncomfortable with it, the insulation in the refrigerator will be sufficient like most coolers.2019 Ford F-250 CCSB Lariat Ultimate 6.2L/3.73 gearing
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04-26-2019, 03:38 PM #7
The fridge warms up faster than you might think. See post 1 @TucsonJim of this thread and the subsequent discussion. https://www.mygrandrv.com/fo...or+temperature
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04-26-2019, 04:15 PM #8
Towing with refrigerator on
We run the fridge on electric and turn both LP tanks off while traveling but we have about 8 times more battery power than most people. Our solar is pulling in almost 80 amps while we drive and the truck is putting out another 15 amps so it’s more than enough to keep the batteries charged.... and possibly run a small town.
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