How to start rv propane refrigerator Videos

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Good information

When the fridge is running (on gas) do you switch off the ignition button even tho it has stopped sparking....cheers Chris

Very, Very Helpfull, Thankyou very much.Yours thankfully John Gyle.

Really helpful - thanks!

+John 3:16 New Hampsha...lol

+KB9OKB Haha, I gotcha now :)

+Colorado Camperman Thank you for your thorough reply. I was just messin with you, since you said "hot water heater" instead of "water heater" :-)

+KB9OKB The hot water heater heats up 6 gallons of water from the fresh water tank to 95-105 degrees (just like your house). The water in the fresh water tank is probably 60-70degrees, if we did not turn on the water heater all the water from our shower and faucet would be 60-70 degrees. That would be like only having the cold water on in your house all the time. We mainly turn the water heater on when we know we're going to be taking showers. It's more of a creature comfort than anything, but we like taking warm showers :)

+richardsonj96 I don't know too much about compressed natural gas. Do you have tanks similar to propane tanks? Did you have to re-do any of the piping? Get a new furnace? Where do you fill your tanks? Sounds like it could be a better alternative than propane. Good luck with your move here to Colorado! The leaves in the mountains are just starting to change and in a few weeks they will be at their peak.

+Frank Posterello Thank you! I don't know if ours does that or not. My Mother-In-Law's camper has that feature and her valves look different than our. I will have to test it out and see. Thanks for watching!

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It was one 30lb tank. I dont know if that is good or not but seems like at a little over $1 of propane a day is pretty good! Way cheaper than what it costs in utilities to run my house per day. Thanks for your question.

+Tim Shull Good to hear! Keep looking and be patient, I rushed into my first truck camper and it was a total P.O.S.!

+Colorado Camperman Well I'm still looking for tc! Tired of looking just wanna get one!!

+Tim Shull I wish there was a better solution! Just need to get solar I guess and a power inverter so the fridge thinks its plugged in. If u figure out what other people do, I'd love to know!

Cool,yeah been watching a lot of truck camper vids,and the subject comes up about running propane while in transit.

+Tim Shull Good question! Unfortunately our refrigerator is only a two-way. So it will run off electricity or propane, no DC power. We never drive with the propane on so to my knowledge it does not operate at all when we are in transit.  Here's what we do to make sure our food stays cold.....1-2 days before we leave we hook up to shore power at our house and turn our fridge on. We then pack all the food in the fridge and make sure everything is in the fridge and cooled down. We keep our camper plugged into electricity until we leave the driveway. And then we make sure we do not open the fridge on our way to our campsite. As soon as we get to our campsite we turn the propane on and fire up the fridge. Our food always stays cold even with 3-4hrs of driving. I don't know if this would work on longer drives over 5hrs, but I have heard of other people making it up to 8hrs using this same method.