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    Posted: 11 Oct 2018 at 6:28pm
Thanks Keith. I appreciate that info. Good point.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Oct 2018 at 6:19pm
Mike, with a propain tank the gas feed shuts off sometimes even if you open the valve to fast.  In an accident the supply will shut off unless the hit is so hard it ruptures the tank.  Then it hardly matters if the tank is open or not.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Oct 2018 at 5:09pm
Andy and all. I know this is a very active post. I personally have been anti traveling with propane ON. First let me say I don't think anyone is going to catch fire going down the road as has been suggested. I don't think anybody is going to catch fire at a gas station. I do think the there is the off chance of an accident involving your TV and TT exists. And if it does there's a safety factor in that you have an open propane line. So my only question and concern is what shuts that propane off in the event of something happening, something that opens that propane line with other issues. Maybe I'm just a fatalist, maybe just a goofball, I won't address it anymore. As I have said I survived a propane incident. It's the one time event that changes life not the hundred times nothing happened. I don't want change the world views, and when the worst scenario happens there is no safety factor to an open propane source. Period.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Oct 2018 at 3:54pm
I had much the same concerns, but after a 5 day trip to northern New Mexico at ~ 9,600 feet and no refrigerator (Dometic only guarantees lighting less than 5,500 feet) on our next 3 week trip through Colorado, Arizona and Utah I ran it continuously and no problems.  I did park at gas stations so that my 179 rear end was away from any pumps.  I have a 20lb tank and replaced 2.8 gals after day 15 on the road.  I also travel with a 60 liter ice chest, a block of ice and a bag of ice cubes just in case.  also, that refrigerator is not the largest one out there so extra storage of cold items like milk, juice or beer is worth it.

in short I have switched camps to the propane "On" side.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 3:22pm
My fridge temp guage does not support propane is colder. I can't disagree an uncharged battery is an issue, but that is another issue.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 3:05pm
I hope not. The battery doesn’t keep it as cold as propane. Plus, it might wear out the battery sooner if more was required of it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 2:17pm
The T@B campers coming out now the fridge only runs on battery. Even when you are on shore power, that charges the battery only from what my dealer told me. Not sure how great that works. But it will end this argument if all manufacturers do this.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 1:55pm
Originally posted by CharlieM

Look carefully and you'll see the fourth light does not mean fully charged. It indicates the battery is being charged. Shortly after disconnecting shore power the fourth light will extinguish. That said, the whole four light panel is still worthless. A safe interpretation of the four battery lights is:
Four lights - Battery is being charged and converter is working.
Three lights - Battery is present in some reasonable condition.
Two lights - Battery might be present but condition is unknown.
One light - You left the battery at home.
The tank level indicators are also worthless. Install a SeeLevel monitor system and a digital voltmeter wired directly to the battery. Camp on.



Not quite, but I appreciate the humor. If the battery wasn't there then there would be no LEDs because you need some voltage to run the LEDs. The top LED is probably the only useful one on that panel because it shows the state of the converter. You're much better off with a gauge that shows voltage to determine the battery charge state.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 1:16pm
Charlie is right. The indicator is not much more than a dashboard idiot light. If it shows full (all 4 lights on), you are most likely plugged in with the converter in one of its charge modes. If when you unplug the shore power and you still have 4 lights, you are most likely fully charged.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 12:43pm
Here we go again, one of our favorite topics...
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