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Originally Posted by Tfryman

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95% of RVs on the road have their fridges running with propane as they travel. If you are running your generator for other reasons it will supply the fridge as well, but the generator was not installed in a RV with an absorption (RV) fridge for the purpose of powering the fridge as you travel.

Exactly what he, Porkchop, and others have stated.

Also keep in mind that these same 2-way absorption refrigerators are installed in most camping trailers, and most of those trailers don’t have built-in generators they can run while driving down the road. Therefore, they must run refrigerator on propane. That’s what these refrigerators were designed to do.


If you happen to have a 3-way fridge (and I doubt you do), then 12-Volt operation from battery/alternator is OK, but not necessary. The amount of propane a refrigerator uses is quite low.