Posted 2007-09-19 12:21 PM (#68102 - in reply to #68099) Subject: RE: Dry Ice
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Posts: 781 Location: La Cygne, KS
Never used it in a fridge, only in coolers before we had a fridge. Basically if your fridge and food is cold, it will keep for many hours if the door is not open. I sometimes use those plastic gel packs that come with vaccines etc to place in the fridge/freezer. But we just use the propane to keep things cold if we are traveling longer than 3-4 hours.
Posted 2007-09-19 8:29 PM (#68137 - in reply to #68099) Subject: RE: Dry Ice
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Posts: 285
I will fill a couple of half gallon milk carton containers with water and freeze and put them in there while traveling on long trips. I don't like to use my fridge on propane while traveling. It usually keeps things cold until i can get to camp sometimes 8 or 9 hours of driving. Deb
Posted 2007-09-20 7:33 AM (#68150 - in reply to #68142) Subject: RE: Dry Ice
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Posts: 2614
I think there was a thread on here not long ago on the site about doing this.Some issues were: against the law in some parks or National forests to drive with it on(!) ,dangers in case of an accident,ect.We run ours on battery while driving and it does fine.
Posted 2007-09-20 12:18 PM (#68170 - in reply to #68099) Subject: RE: Dry Ice
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Posts: 434 Location: Brooksville, Fl
If you turn your fridge on a day or two before and you fill it fairly full, you can travel all day with no problems. We do this often. If you don't fill it full, stick a bag of ice in the freezer and fill some old water or juice bottles at home and freeze them. Add these to your fridge and it will be fine.
An aside: On using propane when traveling...remember you have an open flame which could be disasterous in an accident. Of course, if you have a 3 way fridge, you don't have an issue :) .
Posted 2007-10-02 5:53 PM (#68748 - in reply to #68170) Subject: RE: Dry Ice
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Posts: 379 Location: Columbia, TN
You don't want to put dry ice in the fridg because it is 109 degrees below Zero and it will freeze everything. Works great in an ice chest with frozen food though. Just don't put it in places without good ventilation. It will take all the oxygen out of the air. You can use it just know what you are doing with it as it can be dangerous.
Posted 2007-10-03 6:50 PM (#68790 - in reply to #68099) Subject: RE: Dry Ice
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Posts: 474 Location: White Mills, Ky.
I have a friend who lost his truck and camper due to a fire from the propane tank. Another driver puller up next to him, waving frantically. He pulled over, thinking he had a flat or something, only to find his camper was on fire. The camper AND the truck went up in flames on the side of the interstate (as well as the 10 point buck he had bagged). He had third degree burns on his arms and singed all the hair from his face from trying to unhook the camper while it was burning in an effort to save his truck.
Long story short...for trying to keep his beer cold, he came home with no buck, no truck, no camper and no eyebrows!!
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