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Post by earlelaine on Oct 24, 2022 10:24:36 GMT -5
We been camping for a week and I been buying ice everyday for the cooler to keep all our soda's, beer and wine cold. The cost has been around $5 so that's about $35 a week just for ice. We have a small portable ice maker but that will require you to baby sit is constantly. I was thinking of just buying a small dorm refrigerator and keep it in the back of my truck for the drinks. When I get to the campsite I can just plug it in the outside power outlet. Out little inside fridge is just too small for the drinks, we barely have enough room for a few bottles of water. What do you do for your drinks?
Of course all the drinks and the fridge would be ice cold berg we pull the plug and drive 4-6 hours.
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Post by kbrady on Oct 24, 2022 10:50:50 GMT -5
That's what they use in the outdoor kitchens. I haven't done it, but you could put jugs of frozen water in to keep temperature colder longer while traveling. I knew someone who did this with his inside fridge because to didn't like to run propane while traveling.
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Post by earlelaine on Oct 24, 2022 18:16:23 GMT -5
I don't have a problem with the inside kitchen refrigerator, it's ice cold and the freezer will freeze ice cream. We just don't have the room for water, sodas, beer etc in the refrigerator. Just enough room for food items. I will do what I have done in the past and take was take a dorm fridge with me for all the cold drinks. I will buy a used one for $50 and it the savings on the ice will pay for itself in 10 days. My 5th wheel had a fridge in the under belly storage, my Class A Motorhome had a dorm fridge in the cargo area on a inventor so it stayed cold while driving. I will keep a dorm fridge in the truck bed and have it ice cold with drinks then pull the power when hitting the road plug back into shore power when we hit an RV park in 3-6 hours. It would be plugged in power over night and ready for the next leg of trip. Seems like this will work the best. Later I will install inverter in my truck bed and have power to the fridge while driving. that will be another project later this year.
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Post by earlelaine on Jan 23, 2023 20:30:38 GMT -5
Every year 20,000 tv's catch on fire due to propane refrigerator. I would not run the propene while towing. Do as they says above. Get every real cold before you hit the road and turn off, keep a couple frozen contains in the fridge, you should only lose about 10 to 15 degrees over a coarse of 6 hours towing. Food will not spoil.
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Post by navylcdr on Jan 23, 2023 21:58:24 GMT -5
Every year 20,000 tv's catch on fire due to propane refrigerator. I would not run the propene while towing. Do as they says above. Get every real cold before you hit the road and turn off, keep a couple frozen contains in the fridge, you should only lose about 10 to 15 degrees over a coarse of 6 hours towing. Food will not spoil. Complete bullcrap. Do you have a source for that number? www.nps.gov/articles/p52-rv-fire-safety-101.htmDid you add an extra zero to your number by accident, or were you just trying to be dramatic? |
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Post by earlelaine on Jan 23, 2023 23:01:02 GMT -5
RVtravel,
Lifestyles
20,000 RV fires occur each year. Here’s how to prevent one
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Post by navylcdr on Jan 23, 2023 23:14:07 GMT -5
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Post by earlelaine on Jan 24, 2023 0:20:26 GMT -5
Maybe the article added an extra zero to the count but still remains that fridges are the leading cause of fires.
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Post by earlelaine on Jan 24, 2023 7:29:30 GMT -5
I reported this article back to the editor for fact checking.
By Gail Marsh
What is the word that brings fear and trepidation to RVers worldwide? FIRE. And no wonder! The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) reports that approximately 20,000 RV fires occur each year. The NFPA says that fire is one of the leading causes of RV loss in the United States. It can take less than 30 seconds for a fire to burn out of control. A midsize RV can burn to the ground within ten minutes. Those are some scary statistics! So what should RV owners do? First of all, be informed!
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Post by jsalbre on Feb 2, 2023 15:17:20 GMT -5
I've traveled the country back and forth for years with the fridge never being off of propane except when I'm plugged in. Unless your fridge is damaged there's nothing to worry about.
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Post by earlelaine on Feb 10, 2023 9:45:15 GMT -5
Good Luck
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