Propane comsumtion on Domestic Three/Way Frig.

[tleary]

How much propane does a propane frig. expect to comsume in a 24 hr. period?  (during the hot summer camping season.)  (I'm in the Northeast,  RI)
Does anyone have an idea about this? :confused:

[AustinBoston]

How much propane does a propane frig. expect to comsume in a 24 hr. period?  (during the hot summer camping season.)  (I'm in the Northeast,  RI)
Does anyone have an idea about this? :confused:

Less than a typical pilot light.  I would expect a 20 lb. bottle of propane to last several months running an LP fridge 24/7.

Austin

[popupcop]

I agree with Austin.  It should last a long time since it is only a pilot light. I looked in my Norcold owners manual and did not see any information regarding fuel consumption.
 
We are still on our first tank of propane (since December 1997).  We don't use the PU for cooking or for heating and alternate using the electric and propane options on the refer.

[mike4947]

The average PU fridge is rated at 650 btu's on propane. A pound of propane has apx 21,000 btu's. The calculations are left up to the student. LOL

[hoppy]

Oh... Oh... Oh... Methinks I know the answer to this one!

 Does it work out to be 26.923 days on a single 20 # tank of propane?

[zamboni]

Does it work out to be 26.923 days on a single 20 # tank of propane?

Uh... sorry to say, but you're a tad inaccurate...  It is more like 26.92307692307692307602307692307692307692307692307*

[mike4947]

You both fail, since the given's did not have any significant digits to the right of the decimal point and in fact were given as aproximation; the correct answer considering the units of the given information would be apx 27 days.
So go sit in the corner and put the dunce cap on. LOL

[SkipP]

These calculations are all dependent on the bottle starting out with a perfect 20 pounds which would be seriously doubtful!:D They do last a remarkably long time though. If you allow 5% per day, you'd be well into the safe zone.

 
My "calculation" is a little more rudimentary though. We leave the bottle on the camper for a few trips then slap it on the grill at home. A fresh one goes on the camper.

[tleary]

Thank you all for your very calulated answers.  To all the interested folks that posted replys  on my storage compartment re-build on my Coleman Bayside. We used it last weekend with GREAT success,  even driving 320 miles in the rain.   NO water was in it storage compartment.    I will be posting some more pictures on my webshot site of some resent mods.

Thanks once again,  these forums are very helpful for me..

Tim

http://community.webshots.com/user/tpleary

[tlhdoc]

Wow go camping at the Eastern Pop Up Rally in NC and come back and find out I missed a math test...another great reason to go camping.