Fridge question

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  • Unknown
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    edited August 2016 #32
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  • royandsharont
    royandsharont Forum Participant Posts: 735
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    edited August 2016 #33

    "The comment on fridge on gas when in a garage is a fair one and I will make sure I don't do from now on, I don’t understand the word
    tripstop, can you explain please."

    not familiar with Rays specific name but i guess what he is alluding to....

    and that is a safety system that allows you to drive with the gas on...Trumas latest names for these is (AFAIK) 'drive safe' and consists of a hose with a rupture detection cutoff button and complementing regulator.

    in effect, you need to press the green button on the hose and then the green button (and release slowly) on the regulator.

    if a crash is detected, and a pressure drops suddenly, the button closes and, effectively, seals the gas cylinder.

    a pretty std system on new/recent vans....

    Yes the Truma drive safe system can be used whilst driving BUT only for the heating in a motorhome, not a caravan, and the fridges, cooking  & water boiler system must be isolated at their in line valve so only the heater gets the gas. This is what it says
    on my instructions. I have only once travelled with the heating on when it was zero outside in winter. Regards, Roy

  • huskydog
    huskydog Club Member Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited August 2016 #34

    Anyway back to the OP ,I did as suggested and switched the fridge to 12volt then fired it up on gas for a couple of hours when we got there and my cider was nice and cold that evening, and the rest stayed clod for the rest of the week Cool

  • Doug n San
    Doug n San Forum Participant Posts: 92
    edited August 2016 #35

    OK on the safety device to turn the gas off, but its just occurred to me that on some MH's it's not possible to turn the gas of at the tank when the MH has been fitted with a bulk under chassis as the tank is fitted so that the shut of valve that is on the
    inside of the tank as the valve chest fouls the skirt, the level indicator is fitted with a magnetic as the gauge is also under the chassis. its probably not allowed now but it used to be so.

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited August 2016 #36

    I'm puzzled why it should be necessary to run MH heating whilst travelling. Does not the cab heating keep it sufficiently warm until arrival (unless MHing in Alaska or some such)?

  • young thomas
    young thomas Club Member Posts: 11,357 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited August 2016 #37

    I'm puzzled why it should be necessary to run MH heating whilst travelling. Does not the cab heating keep it sufficiently warm until arrival (unless MHing in Alaska or some such)?

    ...obviously not been on a long journey in a MH in winter, CY...

    heating the inside of a car with a normal heater is a mile away from trying to heat around ten times the volume with same....

    throw in the notoriously hopeless Ducato heaters and i can see the issue...

    having said that, we havent resorted to using the gas heater yet..

    some vans have heat exchangers that allow the heating system to run from the excessive engine heat, some even have totally secondary heating systems that run from diesel...

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited August 2016 #38

    I would think that an Eberspacher/Webasto system would be the way to go for a MH.  All they need to come up with is a diesel fridge....

  • ABM
    ABM Forum Participant Posts: 14,578
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    edited August 2016 #39

    When  its  that  cold  CY,  you  really  don't  need  a  fridge  of  any  variety  !

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