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06-19-2015, 12:18 PM
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Montana Master
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quote:Originally posted by andylparish
If you are afraid to drive with it on, wouldn't you be more afraid to sleep in it with it on?
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Excellent point.
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Most excellent point!
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06-20-2015, 01:58 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Atlanta
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I wonder if 5th wheels will eventually offer an all electric rig like some motor homes have...or maybe there is one out there.
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06-20-2015, 02:26 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Belvidere
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Always drive with it on (except for tunnels that have restrictions).
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06-25-2015, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Poughkeepsie
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I spent 26 years dealing with auto accidents and such. Car fires are the most frightening and heartbreaking to deal with. Most tunnels are posted "No Haz-mat"; propane is haz-mat. If you do not have an automotive-propane-fuel-tank, you ain't 'lowed through - check before you go getting caught gets expensive. Forgetting to shut off the fridge at a fuel stops is like playing russian roulette; even if you are not the cause, if you are there and something goes wrong, you are likely to be at least named in the lawsuit. We take a two week tour going to and coming from our winter destinations. We also take other tours. We travel roughly 400miles between stops. We switch on when we stop and switch off when we leave. A small cooler with cold-pack lasts the day just fine and setting the fridge to its coldest setting during transit-stops holds for 48 hrs easily. If you can figure a way to wire it, a 200watt inverter will do the job of running the fridge. Be safe.
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06-25-2015, 02:23 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
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Mine is an older unit but it pulls around 380 watts. Maybe the newer ones are more efficient. Jim
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07-05-2015, 07:40 PM
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Montana Master
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Location: Livermore
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We always travelled with it on except tunnels. While traveling through Canada last summer, we were told the fine for traveling with propane on was very high ($10k?). Perhaps our Canadian friends can comment. While in Canada, we travelled with it off. By the way, the difference between driving and sleeping is multiple. First, should a leak occur while you are sleeping, your propane alarm would go off and you would hear it. Not sure about driving 65 down the highway. Also, should there be an accident, your lines could be compromised. Again, we normally travel with it on.
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07-08-2015, 03:15 AM
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Can't remember the last time I even turned my gas off.....Don't go thru many tunnels that require you to turn off small bottles of propane....those signs only pertain to larger volumes of Haz Mat materials not travel trailers...The Bay tunnel in Md is one of the few I have ever run across that require propane tanks be turned off on travel trailers. I have asked different DOT's about tunnels and most said has to be 100 Gal plus....like one told me a lot of city buses and now some cars run on propane. They are trying to avoid a major conflagration in a tunnel. As a firefighter a 30 lb bottle blowing off does not concern me like a 1000 gal tank would......At gas stations you are out in the open air where fumes do not build up to explosive levels...think of how far away your frig is from the pumps????
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07-08-2015, 05:31 AM
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Let's think about this... It's not the propane being on that's necessarily the problem unless you have an accident that breaks a hose or connection, it's any sparking that might occur that uses propane to run that is the problem. I have been known to run with propane on, if the drive is gonna be more than 4 hours which is rare but does happen. As long as the fridge doors remain closed during this time the contents should remain cool but I run the A/C on propane just to make sure if the drive is long.
Other things that spark with propane are the water heater and the furnace which I don't run, but know of others who do run them. This means prior to entering a tunnel (which might have fumes) you don't want anything to spark from your rig, so turn off these items if you know there's tunnels ahead, but who plans this much. Well, I do. And of course if getting ready to refuel, turn off these devices so they don't spark. The only other hazard with propane being on, is having a severe accident that might break a propane line, then if there's a fire or spark somewhere, well you get the idea.
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07-08-2015, 05:32 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Topsham
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In our 8 years of travel with our 5th wheel, we have never left the propane on. The frig has stayed cool and the the food is still cold and frozen, even our ice cream.
At times we have driven 7-8 hours a day and never an issue. If the frig is cold and doors aren't open it shouldn't be a problem.
I think it goes by personal preference about the propane.
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07-09-2015, 02:35 AM
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Montana Master
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The problem we see, is if we travel 7-8 hours the food is ok,, but the refrigerator itself has to start cooling down all over again. In seven hours, ours goes from 33-35 degrees at shutdown to high 40s at restart.
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