Turn off fridge when refuel TV ?

[blujay40]

+1 for the "never did" side. But have a residential now so it's no longer a worry/issue.

[NCMFFD]

Originally Posted by Kodiakattack

I always turn off my fridge when it's on propane before I pull into pumps to fill up TV. Just wondering how many of you do the same ? Do I need to ?

I've never shut off the the refrigerator or propane tanks while fueling. I do shut off the engine on the TV, don't use a cell phone or smoke (if I smoked) around the pumps.

[WeRJuliian]

Helicopters don't have naked flames close to the ground... at least, if they do, there's a real problem.

I've worked in the gas station business, and I've seen flash-over fires when the vapour recovery system fails, so I'd always turn mine off.
(It's a fallacy that you can blow up the gas station, the pumps are very seriously protected, but there's all kinds of other stuff around that could be ignited by a vapour burn.. your RV, for instance )

[kayco53]

Have seen what haopens when things go wrong. I shut off fridge when refueling. On truck camper its was right above fuel filler. Do the same on trailer. Guess working in refineries you get in habit of no sparks or open flame.

[bluegill1]

Not only have I never shut the fridge off, I've never heard that I should.

[michael.g]

When we towed, we never turned the fridge off. The fridge was on the opposite side of the filler. I almost always pulled up to an outside pump leaving the fridge facing away from the gas pump.

In the motorhome, I think I turned the fridge off once. I couldn't get an outside pump and the fridge was lined up with the pump across from it, so I figured better safe than sorry.

If the generator was on, I'd always turn it off when refueling. I was more concerned with annoying people with the noise than starting a fire.

-Michael

[bdreinv]

Once we leave the house don't shut the Frig off until we get back home.Not that your ideas bad, we just never thought of it!

[travelingjw]

I read this thread and then got curious. One thing is safety, another is "what happens" and how do we recover. Interested in what an insurance company has to say. https://www.aisinsurance.com/product...h-propane.aspx.
i was a carpenter, also worked in the semi-conductor industry and designed pneumatic products for "explosive" environments. While I agree with the "old-timers" on the very small element of risk, I wonder what would have happened in the numerous "Travel Trailer accident videos" if the propane leaked and ignited. I don't have a lot of experience yet, but traveling with an open gas line (propane) just seems a bit on the risky side. I am speaking only of travel trailers as I am guessing that Motor Homes have much stricter regulations in how propane hoses are run/protected. In addition, on the Geico site: https://www.geico.com/information/safety/rv/, it states that one of the most common causes of RV accidents is from leaking propane. Not clear of the RV's are sitting or moving, but they site it as a common cause.