We've had our trailer now for about 5 years and NEVER has the refer been reliable on propane. It works fine on electricity but on propane perhaps 1/5 of the time it works ok on a trip, but only after after fiddling at the beginning after doing simple things like taking the hot chimney off and then putting it back on after a blast of compressed air. Yes, from this forum I know there are various things to do to baby it along and make it work right, but I'm not a good 'babyer', having little electrical/mechanical knowledge or ability.
It has gotten so that I have just given up on the propane option. If there is shore power where we're going, we precool on electricity and pack the ice box, transferring at our destination to the refer. I'm sure it is the technology at fault, the design of rv refers seems to be quite standard and our rv repair place assures me the refer works fine when I ask them to look at it.
So, my question is - Is this performance the usual? (I doubt it, if it were, there'd be no point in having a propane option). ?So therefore maybe I should just replace the refer? (But not if the new one will just do the same thing).