Art, I hope you do alot of camping at plug-in places because trying to run a fridge for extended times will run your battery down pretty quickly. I, for one, really like having the propane fridge for longer no plug-in stops. Some folks opt for ice chests and tough it out with replenishing the ice. Too each his own... Steven On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Art <awa0330@gmail.com> wrote: > Oops. Thanks for the memory jog. I am actually taking out the fridge and > converting it into storage, and adding a stand alone electric low energy > fridge in it's place. Consequently. the propane will only be used for the > stove. It sound like I can go quite a while on a tank. Thanks! Very > helpful. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Beierl > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 4:53 PM > > > At 04:21 PM 12/21/2011, Art wrote: > >> issue? With daily but not excessive use, do you have a sense how long a >> tank of gas lasts? >> > > The tank holds about 48 hours run time for one burner, based on rated > 5200 BTU/hr. The fridge will run about three weeks in moderate > weather, based on experience and with no stove use. > > Yours, > David > |
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