Date:         Wed, 27 May 1998 11:04:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
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From:         Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy fridge efficiency in 12v mode
Comments: To: Craig Standley <cstand@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 10:46 AM 5/27/98 -0700, Craig Standley wrote:
>Another trick to get more out of your 12V fridge is to freeze some water
>at home, maybe in a shallow tupperware container (watch out for
>expansion!) and then put that in your fridge.  Yeah, that's an icebox
>then, but it will help keep the food cooler during trips between 110V
>power outlets or stops when you can use the propane.
You don't have to be stopped to run the fridge on propane. I always fire up
the fridge on propane power the night before I go camping and don't turn it
off until I return. You do have to shut off the propane if you put the
vehicle on a ferry though. I can't think of any other situations where you
would have to turn off the propane (Chesapeake Bay tunnel perhaps?).

-Mark McCulley