Off Hook up

[Kev and Christa]

Going on a site without hook up later this week. Do I need to leave the control panel on when using gas to run the fridge or the fridge fans run independent of the leisure battery. Thanks for any info.

 

[Stealaway]

I definitely have to have my panel on - Its needed to control the fridge temperature.

 

[PP Bear]

On mine once on gas, it runs with the panel switched off. If you have fans fitted, then these may well require yours to be left on, just depends on how the power was picked up to run them, as they’ll be an afterfit addition.

I don’t have fans fitted, never needed them yet, even in the snotty hot weather, so if you’re off power in the uk I’d say you wouldn’t need the fan running and save on the power consumption, especially as we’re heading into autumn

 

[Kev and Christa]

Thanks for replies.. i thought all dometic fridges have fans but perhaps not. I must say i have have never heard them running. Perhaps I'll give it a try and switch the panel off when we are out for the day.

 

[Landy Andy]

No. Fridge works with panel off.

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[Lenny HB]

Fridge & heating normally work with the panel off.
But why would you want to turn the panel off, never turned ours off, leave it perminantly on.

 

[Kev and Christa]

Only have one leisure battery so not sure how long it will last. Just thought to turn panel off might help to conserve battery.

 

[Lenny HB]

Only have one leisure battery so not sure how long it will last. Just thought to turn panel off might help to conserve battery.

If its a digital panel with a display it will help.

 

[Landy Andy]

It can help, as things such as TVs on standby, aerial booster, and things like are powered down by turning off the hab power.

 

[Kev and Christa]

Thanks to all of the above... Its been really helpful.

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[PP Bear]

Fridge & heating normally work with the panel off.
But why would you want to turn the panel off, never turned ours off, leave it perminantly on.

I leave the main power switch on, but turn off the waterpump when I leave the van and at night. Visions of floods force me to do it. Too many visions of Top Gear me finks.

 

[rnb100]

Have you got solar to keep your battery topped up?

 

[L' Hobo]

My Murvi fridge will not run on gas unless the panel is on

This I found out a few weeks ago, after I had cooled the fridge on ECU at home during the previous day but then turned it over to gas so that no-one would fall over the Hookup cable in the night before departure.
(I can travel with fridge gas on and often do, but when I got to the site the following day, everything had melted.)

I came to the conclusion that the fridge had fired up because, when I changed it over, I was still on EHU but when I unhooked, and not turned the panel on, it had stopped working??

 

[meanders]

If the panel is off, it generally means you can't flush the loo, wash hands, have the water heater on etc etc. Rarely turn ours off, but turn the pump off when traveling. If Shepton is anything to go by, I would say a good 5% of vans had the outside above door light left on overnight.

Plus some seem to have the TV on all day.

Just make sure you switch things off when you don't need them.

 

[Richard n Ann]

I switch ours off at night and when I go out. The last thing you want is a pipe to pop out of a speedfit and flood the van.
Also ¼ amp is continually being wasted

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[Kev and Christa]

Yes have got Solar (140 watts) but just looking options for conserving the battery whilst we are away, especially with the weather being quite unpredictable.