Jayco Eagle Fridge

Yes I think so and NEVER travel with it on GAS.

Use 12 volts from the car using a 6 Gauge wire right through from battery to fridge

6 G NOT 6mm

Hi P and JM. There was a post about this on the Jayco forum and a fellow that hires these campers recomended that you not run the fridge with the top down. It was due to the heat build up but I can't remember what problems it caused. You may be able to find it here if you searched. Regards,Bob

gday all.

we have a jayco outback swan , why wouldnt you just block the vent on the inside of the camper(on top of the fridge) as there are two other big vents on the side of the jayco to disperse the heat.travelling along would draw out the heat anyway.?

THANKS TO ALL REPLY'S IT APPEARS THE BEST IS NOT TO HAVE IT RUNNING WHILST TRAVELLING. CHEERS P & J

Hi all,

I recently purchased a Swan Outback and researched all of the attached links re running the fridge with the top down. It seemed interesting to me that they make allowances for you to run the fridge off the battery while driving, as I was advised that unless the car was running you would flatten the battery very quickly, hence my assumption that the fridge could run while the top is down.

But as suggested above I placed a towel over the inside vent to ensure most of the heat would dissipate through the outside vent while travelling. (again 100km/hr down the highway lead me to assume that heat buildup shouldn't be an issue.

Anyway long story short after dropping the camper till nearly being locked down, I jumped in to change the fridge from 240V to 12V as it was hooked up to the car. What I noticed was that the front bed actually covers the top of the fridge and leaves approx 1 to 2 inch air gap to the bed base, and the canvas is nowhere near this area.

So in the Swan I don't have a problem, it would be worthwhile you looking at the fridge placement in the camper when it is dropped down wrt to canvas.

Hope this helps
Jim

Hi

As per Jim's resposne bed slides over fridge on an eagle as well with a couple of inches of ventilation between fridge and ply base.

All Jayco owners I know travel with the fridge on 12 volt (off the tow vehicle) so obviously safe to wotk on 12V at least with the top down.

I have worked fridge on 240 volt to get fridge cold before leaving before (wiound down) and again no issues

Cheers