ritablack
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I think it depends on how far you are traveling during the day and where you are stopping overnight. I always stop at a campground with electric and only drive no more than 3-4 hours. I get a bag of ice which I put in a baking pan and put it in the fridge and pack everything around it. When I stop at a camp, I put it in the freezer. It will refreeze and I always have ice for drinks. This keeps everything cold, frozen things will start to defrost, but I will be using them within a few days anyway.
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Sherush
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Traveling with propaine on is risky business, bad enough if you get into an accident but even worse if your propaine is open and a line breaks and and ignites. Check out this link if you travel with your propaine tanks open.
http://www.gypsyjournal.net/traveling_with_propane.htm
Thanks Ritablack that is a great suggestion about a bag of ice.
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BigRedDawg
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We have done both. Usually plug it in while loading and then turn to gas. We put in frozen water bottles in the fridg and freezer to help get it cold a day or so in advance especially during the summer when the fridge feels more like an oven. Room permitting we leave the frozen bottles in and when it defrosts we have cold water. Also nice to have ice for the fridge "just in case".
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Deus Ex Machina
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I've always left it on when traveling.
As was said, don't understand people who are paranoid about traveling with it on, then go inside an SLEEP with it on without a second thought.
But I like to live dangerously, I'm in the process of buying a house that has (Dum, Dum, DUUUUMMMM!!) NATURAL GAS!!! 
Paul
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Sherush
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I have no problems sleeping inside with propaine on running stuff as there is a propaine detector.... it is traveling on the roadways and highways and the crazy drivers out there with possible accidents that has my husband (cop) and myself not wanting a possible explosion (fire scares both hubby and I because we have both seen the results of it first hand)
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tafische
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I dont see it as that risky. Heck - I have 40 gallons of gas under me on my TV that would be much worse if something happened. Now I do agree you should shut them off before refueling - that is just plan good sense in my opinion.
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CampSight
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Sherush wrote:Does anyone travel with food in their trailer?
Depends how far we travel. Yes, if close to home. No, if traveling cross-country. In the case of the latter, I'd sooner wait and buy fresh food and beverages from the local area grocer. Has nothing to do with concern for safety. PowerChill cooler comes with us for cold snacks and drinks on the way to our destination....and can be accessed while we're driving.
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When anyone asks how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog the like, but in all my experience, I have never been in any accident of any sort worth speaking about. ...... I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort. You see, I am not very good material for a story"
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H & E
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We leave home in April/May & return in late September. It is turned on when we bring the TT out of storage to load for the trip. I have turned it off twice for tunnels where it is mandatory otherwise it is always on.
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mecreature
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ShapeShifter wrote:mecreature wrote:To all you people who run their fridge on gas. When you make frequent stops here and there do you worry about your rig being level?
They are not really that sensitive, they don't have to be perfectly level. If you actually measured the angle in degrees, and compared it to the refrigerator specifications, I'll bet you'd be surprised how far out of level you can be without an issue.
For example, if parking on the side of the road, the lean you would get from the crown of the road is not nearly enough to bother the fridge. Similarly, a front to back slope of a foot over the length of the rig is usually not going to be an issue (unless you have a very short trailer.)
A number often quoted is 3 degrees side to side (for the fridge, so lengthwise for a trailer.) That's actually a significant slope. To put it in perspective, a 25 foot trailer that's 1 foot higher on one end than the other is only at a 2.5 degree angle. If your trailer is longer, the height offset can be even more. (For three degrees, take your trailer length in feet, multiply it by 0.628, and you will get the allowed inches of rise for that length.)
If it's reasonably level, like a parking lot, don't worry about it, even if there is a bit of a slope. If it's a really significant slope, and you're worried about it, then just turn it off.
thanks..
I had a friend whose fridge slowly over time went bad. He thought it was from using unlevel over the years..
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