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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1043 |
Topic: refrigerator in RPOD (Dometic) Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 8:07am |
Aren't there alot of camper/rv fridges that do not even have the battery option? Personally I tow in battery mode but really do not have any fears of towing with gas as I'm sure as mentioned by others there are safety features which would minimize the dangers.
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Jon & Pam
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 9:58am |
Yes, most of the larger fridges are two way with no 12 volt option. They are auto senseing, using 120 volts if available, but switching to gas otherwise. In the old days, before auto-ignition when pilot lights had to be manually lit and could blow out while driving, battery operation became common on the road. However, todays smart fridges, better RV/fridge design, and safer gas bottles, make gas operation on the road safe and convenient. Your 20+ gallon gasoline tank is indeed more of a hazard,
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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Sleepless
Senior Member Joined: 07 Jun 2013 Location: Titusville, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 556 |
Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 10:44am |
I agree with all the comments about towing in propane mode is safe. However, we should all remember to extinguish all flames, be it the water heater or the refrigerator, before you are near gasoline pumps. I don't want open flames or lit cigarettes near me when I am pumping gas.
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gpartmann
Newbie Joined: 09 May 2013 Location: Northern Califo Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 10:55am |
- panel with resets (breaker switches) and fuse boxes is under table on front panel of back bench in my model
-yes, make sure everything is off at gas pumps....and you will be stopped going in to some tunnels to show that propane is off before being allowed to procede -basically, I bought a model with 3-way operation and I want that to work (which it now does since dealership repaired frayed wires (why did wires fray? poor design? don't know)
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 10:57am |
To answer the question on the last page, all of the 12 volt fuses and 120 volt breakers are on the front of the converter. I believe on all pods (and most campers) it is in the front-left near the floor.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 11:00am |
The flame issue isn't as big of a problem as you might think. Gas vapors sink so they won't contact the flame in the fridge 3 feet off the ground. Gasoline also has a narrow combustibility range (there is a technical term for this) - too much or too little and it won't go boom.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 3:33pm |
And then there was the urban legend that a cell phone ringer could set off gas fumes at the pump, even though it was solid state and no spark possible.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 4:38pm |
Yup, that one, too.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Kickstart
Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Location: Ocean Shores, W Online Status: Offline Posts: 267 |
Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 5:07pm |
Problem for us in Washington State that most of you don't have to deal with is that WSDOT requires all propane tanks to be shut off on any WA State ferry, and we have a lot of ferry runs here in Puget Sound. I dunno if the requirements are the same in BC, but there's a lot of ferry traffic up there, too.
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 5:31pm |
It's the same in BC.
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