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05-26-2018, 11:27 PM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Freedom Elite 22fe
State: North Carolina
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Refrigerator ?
I have the rig wired to the house before leaving for our first camp out to cool the frigfreezer down. I will be loading it with cold stuff. So how do you keep it cool from point a to point b. I know the rig won't power it so it's either run the generator or run the propane. OR do you just not open it until you get to your destination and get hooked up to shore power?
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05-26-2018, 11:29 PM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Challenger 37TB
State: Texas
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THOR #6162
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc McCoy
I have the rig wired to the house before leaving for our first camp out to cool the frigfreezer down. I will be loading it with cold stuff. So how do you keep it cool from point a to point b. I know the rig won't power it so it's either run the generator or run the propane. OR do you just not open it until you get to your destination and get hooked up to shore power?
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Mine runs just fine on the inverter going down the road. No issues at all. Everything stays cold/frozen.
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05-26-2018, 11:36 PM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Freedom Elite 22fe
State: North Carolina
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I will have to check again. I am "almost" positive with the engine running when I unplugged the wire to the garage it tried to light the gas for it. I may be wrong. I will check tomorrow morning and post if I am an idiot lol
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05-26-2018, 11:54 PM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Challenger 37TB
State: Texas
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THOR #6162
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That could be the difference. I have a residential fridge and only runs on 110. Yours if 12V is available should run on that.
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05-27-2018, 12:10 AM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Gemini 24TX (Formerly)
State: California
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If its an absorption refrigerator, it will run just fine on LP while you are driving.
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05-27-2018, 03:58 AM
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Model: 36FB
State: Arizona
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Set the control panel on the fridge to "auto" & leave it there, this way when you have shore power or generator it "automatically" switches to electric, when unplugged it will change "automatically" to LP while traveling. The fridge will not run on 12 volt alone, unless by some off chance you have a 3 way fridge, but does require 12 volts to operate the control board. The fridge uses very little LP, the furnace though is quite the LP hog.
Others will say turn it off when doing this or that or going here or there, but mine is set & I have never turned it off in the last 10 years of fulltiming with NO issues, you'll have to make your own decisions.
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05-27-2018, 09:46 AM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Freedom Elite 22fe
State: North Carolina
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THOR #11657
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thanks for all the input guys.
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05-27-2018, 11:32 AM
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State: Florida
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If you're not comfortable powering it underway, pre-freeze "blue ice" packs and place a few if them inside fridge when traveling. Move them to freezer and refreeze for you next no power movement.
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05-27-2018, 02:17 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: Washington
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THOR #6433
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gritz Carlton
If you're not comfortable powering it underway, pre-freeze "blue ice" packs and place a few if them inside fridge when traveling. Move them to freezer and refreeze for you next no power movement.
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I always put a couple of those packs in no matter what. If aren’t using the generator while driving running on LP doesn’t seem to keep ours cold enough. It mostly likely our fault from cramming in as much as we can.
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05-27-2018, 03:06 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 28z
State: North Carolina
Posts: 252
THOR #7401
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Travelin' Texans
Set the control panel on the fridge to "auto" & leave it there, this way when you have shore power or generator it "automatically" switches to electric, when unplugged it will change "automatically" to LP while traveling. The fridge will not run on 12 volt alone, unless by some off chance you have a 3 way fridge, but does require 12 volts to operate the control board. The fridge uses very little LP, the furnace though is quite the LP hog.
Others will say turn it off when doing this or that or going here or there, but mine is set & I have never turned it off in the last 10 years of fulltiming with NO issues, you'll have to make your own decisions.
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Ditto. Use it if it's got an auto setting. They're made to do the thinking....plugged in goes to 110 and unplugged goes to propane. Need to have good batteries to keep it running as it needs 12v, when not plugged in, to stay ignited.
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