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    Posted: 21 May 2013 at 9:45pm
Not sure where to put this. After packing and driving home from Spring Gulch Folk Fest I pulled in the yard and as I got out of the truck I heard beeping from my HTT. Thinking it was a low battery I opened the door and smelled gas. I immediately turned off the gas and aired the camper out. After a bit I went in thinking it was a issue with the fridge, turns out I bumped one of the stove controls during the packing, now all is well.
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I bumped mine once while camping. I just had a thought to put check cooktop on my departure checklist. This could have ended badly if the waterheater or fridge ignighter had set it off.
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When traveling you should always turn off your gas.  The fridge can run on 12v when traveling.  It is a lot safer to have it turned off.  Just a little traveling suggestion.

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One of our cats turned on our gas on the stove while we were on the road. We quickly learned to take the knobs off when they were back there!
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Posts: 704 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 May 2013 at 12:33pm
Originally posted by Yak

... I heard beeping from my HTT ... 

Glad all is OK but please explain what HTT stands for. I got nothin'.
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Posts: 1807 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 May 2013 at 2:55pm
Originally posted by HuronSailor

Originally posted by Yak

... I heard beeping from my HTT ... 

Glad all is OK but please explain what HTT stands for. I got nothin'.



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Posts: 113 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 May 2013 at 5:22pm
Originally posted by TerryM

When traveling you should always turn off your gas.  The fridge can run on 12v when traveling.  It is a lot safer to have it turned off.  Just a little traveling suggestion.

Terry


110 or propane on my fridge
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Quote: "110 or propane on my fridge"

Unless you have a very old pod or some special setup your fridge should be able to select 12VDC, Propane, or 110VAC. Which pod model and year do you have?
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No Pod, a hybrid travel trailer. They let me in here because the feel sorry for meWink
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 May 2013 at 7:09pm
Yak's cool.  :-)  There's actually quite a few people here that don't currently have pods, although I think Yak is the only one that never owned one.  Many fridge models only have propane or 120 as the available modes.
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