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hi all i'm new to this having just bought my first bus,i,m planning on going away thursday evening so should i fire up the fridge a couple of hours before i set off to get it cold?i should turn the gas off while travelling?when parked up do i keep the gas on all the time?is the fridge quite economical with the gas?how long should the fridge take to get cold?cheers all

I am very new too - but my understanding is that you should have the gas turned right off when you are travelling. On our trip last week we put the fridge on for a few hours before we left, put the cooled food in just before we left and turned the gas off. Things were still nice and cold when we arrived a couple of hours later and relit the gas.

As for amount of gas used - it doesn't seem to use that much. We haven't finished a bottle yet and we had the fridge running, plus cooking from Thursday until Sunday evening. We have bought a spare bottle so that we are not left without gas at any point.

Donna

I ( and numerous others) run my fridge on gas all the time - you just have to remember to turn it off at fueling stops. No reason whatsoever for not running it on gas whilst on the move.
I always set the fridge running the evening before I set off. Gas usage is quite low - you use far more burning your toast and sausages!

Run your fridge on 12 volt (from the alternator) whilst driving, not on gas. Use ice packs or freeze a bottle of water & use that to cool the fridge before leaving home. The fridge won't use much gas as the flame is only like a pilot light & a 4.5kg calor gas cylinder should last for days. Your hob/grill uses a lot of gas, as does a Propex heater.

Like you I cool on gas for a while if it's a very hot day and then run on 12v when driving

A propex doesn't use tons of gas according to http://www.propexheatsource.co.uk/air-heaters.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Average consumption 142 grams/hour
3.9kg propane cylinder 27.5 hours

That's constant running which never happens due to the thermostat. I onlu use it when I'm sat in the van in the evening or when it's really really cold when sleeping just to take the edge off

Before we go away it's been known for us to level the van up (essential ... especially where we live) and put the fridge on hook-up for a day to get it really cold. Having said that a 4 hour drive on 12v maximum setting and the icebox has frozen everything inside it and the travel sandwiches are getting crispy ... beer's LOVELY and cold though

Ian

My fridge is an RM122B and the gas useage figures in the manual are:-

Setting 1 - 0.15kg / 24 hours
Setting 2 - 0.19kg / 24 hours
Setting 3 - 0.23kg / 24 hours

yep , sometimes remember to start it up before packing , othertimes i dont.

but drive on 12v , as it the times i have forgot to switch it over , the flame blows out when i drive ..

Matt

Light it the day/evening before and barring fueling up it stays lit for up to a month when on trips,
Mike