Starting fridge on propane

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   Could you safely leave your R-Pod at a friends house for a day or two before you leave?  At least that way you could run the fridge off your new battery and make sure everything is working satisfactory before leaving.  Sorry to hear about the thievery going on - a sign of our society unfortunately.

Not a good idea to block the airflow from your vents, after ignition/firing of gas at the combustion chamber, heat goes up through your chimney, air temp increases behind the fridge, your bi-metal switch engages causing your muffin fan (s) to kick on and commence the cooling process.  If vents are covered, the above will still happen but the fans will not be allowed to bring in cool air from below and expel the hot air from above causing the cooling ability to be severely restricted. 

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jato Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3227	Topic: Starting fridge on propane Posted: 19 Apr 2021 at 5:55pm
	Could you safely leave your R-Pod at a friends house for a day or two before you leave? At least that way you could run the fridge off your new battery and make sure everything is working satisfactory before leaving. Sorry to hear about the thievery going on - a sign of our society unfortunately. Not a good idea to block the airflow from your vents, after ignition/firing of gas at the combustion chamber, heat goes up through your chimney, air temp increases behind the fridge, your bi-metal switch engages causing your muffin fan (s) to kick on and commence the cooling process. If vents are covered, the above will still happen but the fans will not be allowed to bring in cool air from below and expel the hot air from above causing the cooling ability to be severely restricted.
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StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289	Posted: 19 Apr 2021 at 6:00pm
	It would be a bad idea to start the refrigerator with the cover on because it would block the needed airflow. You could put a chain around the battery with a lock. That would help. Is the battery bare or in a case? You could check out version 1 and version 2 of the battery lock-down system I made. Now I don't use it because the LiFePO4 battery I installed is inside and out of sight.
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OldNeumanntapr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 May 2018 Location: CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 204	Posted: 19 Apr 2021 at 6:10pm
	I had a feeling it would be a bad idea to leave the cover on. I can’t really take the trailer to a friends house because that’s not an option. I do have the battery in a case and I have a locking cable on it but it won’t hold up the ball cutters. I put it together that way basically to keep someone from taking it while in route.

StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289	Posted: 19 Apr 2021 at 6:18pm
	The purpose of a lock is not to make it impossible for someone to steal the battery, but to make it inconvenient enough that the thief decides to look elsewhere.
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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 19 Apr 2021 at 6:18pm
	It should work ok to install the battery in the morning. Then start the fridge on propane so it cools down as fast as possible. Not on 12v which provides much less cooling effectiveness. There is very little thermal mass in the fridge box and components, it's mostly in the food and liquids so if you put those in cold you should be ok. Might want to put in the battery temporarily a couple days before for a half hour or so to be sure the fridge and everything else is working as it should. When I had my airplane I used to keep an rv in at a mountain airport and flew in, turned on the fridge, went to the store, put in cold drinks and groceries, and went camping. Worked fine and saved many hours of tedious driving.
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