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when going down the hiway flame blows out on frige so no cool anyone got a fix

 Can you run the fridge off the battery? 

Steve said:Ok, I suck. The manual has three settings but the fridge in my trailer has only two.

Us too. We thought we were getting a 3-way, but after looking at it more closely, it's a 2-way. We did run it off propane while driving with no trouble on our last trip.

I wonder how much to rip out the 2 way, and put in the 3 way?

Running a fridge on battery will suck the battery down really fast.  It uses so much juice, it's not very practical.  Recharging the batt from the running vehicle is much less efficient than from shore power hookup, because of the long run of light gauge wiring involved in the vehicle-to-trailer hookup.  3 way fridges aren't that practical, unless one has added a much larger battery capacity to the trailer.

It's too bad, because the LP flame does indeed tend to blow out.  I just got home from a 5000 mile trip through Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and the Dakotas.  For some reason my fridge seemed to stay lit pretty well most days at first, but the last 3 or 4 days of the trip it would not stay on for anything.  On the last day it was out every single time I stopped for gas (about every 2 hours or so).  It stayed lit just fine while I went inside Braum's and ate lunch, though.  It has me wondering if it goes out easier when the LP tank gets low.  Could the propane be sloshing around in the tank and somehow disrupt the flow through the line?  It's a hypothesis we could test, I guess.

Karsty

I always run my fridg on propane while traveling. I turn it on the night before I am to leave (in storage) than load my food before I leave home. Also run it on the way back to keep what food is left over cold. I have never had a problem with the piolt light going out.  Happy Camping!

Post edited 1:54 am – January 14, 2012 by kayaknut

Woodie said:

pupcamper58 said:

Karsty

I always run my fridg on propane while traveling. I turn it on the night before I am to leave (in storage) than load my food before I leave home. Also run it on the way back to keep what food is left over cold. I have never had a problem with the piolt light going out.  Happy Camping!

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So how much gas does the fridge use per day? I think we went 10 days, using it every day. But when we went to fill up, it was almost completely full. I'm wondering if it blew out every day, and it just stayed cool since we didn't open it all day, and switched it to AC every night. ???

I don't … or at least haven't used my fridge on propane other than travelling. Time on the road is perhaps 24 hours in total while travelling. The amount of propane they use is listed in the manual but I don't have mine handy to look it up. It wasn't that much. In fact, I was surprised that it used the least amount of all the propane appliances.

I've had my trailer since April 20th and am still on the first tank of propane. I use the stove periodically and the hot water tank once in awhile … and the fridge of course when on the road. I only tried the furnace when I first got it. That takes the most energy and I will use the electric ceraminc heater if and when necessary rather than propane … if possible.

Overall I am very please with the way everything is working on my E14RB. No problems so far. I am currently visiting a friend in Northern Ontario and will leave the trailer here for a few months. Other than a few trips back home I will be spending a month or two up here. Perhaps into the fall.

I'll let you know how that works.