We generally go for 3-5 days a couple times a month during the summer. I usually empty the fridge between trips and we park it in the backyard. We do leave it plugged in most of the time. Would it hurt anything (longevity of the fridge) to leave it on between trips so I could leave the condiments in the trailer? It would be level.
Should I leave Fridge on Between Trips?
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sc4668
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Since you are using for a couple trips a month I see no reason not to leave it on. Just check on it a least once a week.
Ghostman
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We always left ours on. We had even left them on all winter. Never had issues.
Arch Hoagland
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Over the years I've seen many people on RV forums who leave theirs turned on. Must be ok.
Punomatic
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We have left ours on in all the RVs we have owned since we got an RV garage 8 years ago. We have never had a problem. You do need to defrost the freezer occasionally. We usually make at least one trip a month. In between, DW uses the RV freezer as a back up when the household fridge gets overfull.
Lou Schneider
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It will be fine as long as the RV is level (you said it was). Where you'll have problems is if the refrigerator is left on while the RV is off level.
If you have a power outage (or someone kicks out the RV's power plug) the refrigerator will revert to gas operation. It will run several months on propane before it drains the tank, but the trailer's battery will go dead in a week or so, shutting down the fridge until power is restored.
If you have a power outage (or someone kicks out the RV's power plug) the refrigerator will revert to gas operation. It will run several months on propane before it drains the tank, but the trailer's battery will go dead in a week or so, shutting down the fridge until power is restored.
Chet18013
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We left the fridge on in our old 1991 Beaver for 19 years. It was a good place to keep some beer when we were not traveling.
johnaye
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Before we went full time we always left the RV refrig on so we could go somewhere at a moments notice. Also it gave us a place to keep extra beverages cool when we were expecting company.
