campervan gas fridge

No, not safely.

The heat generated from a gas fridge, in a folded down camper may cause a fire or damage.

If you're talking about a motor home with fixed walls, the only fear would be the gas flame blowing out.

Normally I would say no, however friends of mine forgot to switch the fridge from gas to 12v for the trip home and the flame did not go out, even at 100 lkm !!!!

The camper they had before this one was the opposite...even the slightest breeze and the damn thing would go out.

The biggest risk, particulary the newer Jayco's, is the vent inside which may damage your curtains, although I doubt very much that enough heat would be generated by such a small flame.

Hi Mr F
It certainly is possible, but not very sensible and in WA is highly illegal.
If things go totally pear shaped, ie the flame goes out for whatever reason, the temp sensor doesn't shut off the gas flow and the campervan is fairly well sealed you have all the ingredients for a BLOODY BIG BANG.

It's just not worth the risk.

Disco

And don't even _think_ about filling up with fuel with a gas fridge alight.

I wouldn't even think about it if I was you as it's probably illegal in most places and I can just imagine what the insurance company would say in the event of a fire.
What's the point of doing it anyway? If it will run on 12v why not use that?

I saw a burnt out camper and Nissan on the Kalumburu Rd last year and they were both burnt end to end ...... totally unrecongisable.
I wouldn't have known it was a Nissan if the people at Drysdale River hadn't told me.
There was speculation that they had the fridge running on gas but I wouldn't personally have been able to determine if it was that or an electrical or fuel fault but no doubt an expert could.
Certainly spoilt the holiday of the family who were from Queensland.
Alan H.

Many years ago, when I purchased a second hand Jayco Finch, it only had 240V ac and gas to run the fridge.No 12V available. As we used to travel about 800-1000 Kms a day, we ran the fridge on gas whilst travelling. Never had a flame go out. No heat problems in the campervan either.
When we pulled into a service station, 1st pulled up short, into van, fridge off. 2nd pull up to bowsers, fill with petrol and / or gas, paid for fuel and then moved off the drivway, into van again and reignited fridge.
Now it seems foolish, but worked for me at the time, and as I said , never blew out the flame, even at 100Kph.

Nick

ARE YOU PREPARED TO DIE?????????
THIS COULD BE THE CONSEQUENSES OF THIS ACTION
i have seen the back end of a ute where the dimwit left the gas on it blew out while travelling and he bent over the back with a lit cigarette

worse still the ute was borrowed for a weekend

steve

Well there u go.....we have always done it.

A few summers back we called into Hervey Bay for a look see and came upon the smoldering remains of what had be a relatively new Range Rover parked near one of the shopping areas. The fire crews were still there and it seems that this fire was the result of the owner of the rangie deciding to switch his fridge to gas - lock the car and then go shopping for a coupla three hours. It was a pretty hot day in the mid to late 30s. Don't know the physics or chemistry of the matter but having seen the result I certainly would not leave a fridge running of gas in an enclosed space of any kind.