Gas on Ferry

[Minxy]

I don't think something is amiss. I believe that is how it is supposed to work.
12v for travelling, not gas, as there is no Secumotion safety valve fitted, so it seems logical to me. If I stop at a filling station my fridge keeps on working and doesn't shut down, it doesn't need to. When I park up and turn on the gas or hook up, the fridge switches to one of those options, or I can do it manually. I just have to remember that it is draining my starter battery, and as I previously said, I would like to see it switch to the leisure batteries with the engine off.

Anyway, I like it like it is, so I'm not going to change it.
If it ain't broken and all that

That's just how our AES fridge worked in the Rimor when we had it, pretty normal on 'foreign' vans, but as I said before, not heard of it on a British built one .. perhaps 'we' are catching up at last!

 

[knokinonabit]

That's just how our AES fridge worked in the Rimor when we had it, pretty normal on 'foreign' vans, but as I said before, not heard of it on a British built one .. perhaps 'we' are catching up at last!

Probably more to do with having to work as the fridge manufacturer (Dometic) intended. They wouldn't be able to fit an all singing, all dancing fridge in, at vast expense, then not having it work properly.

Someone may complain.

ME 2

 

[Larrynwin]

If gas supply is left turned on then the pilot light to the fridge is also on.
In the bilge of a ship , leaking gas which settles low coupled with a source of ignition is potentially disastrous.
On our recent Portsmouth Santander return trip with dozens, no perhaps hundreds of motorhomes , only one needs a fault in the middle of the Bay Of Biscay and a real disaster could occur.
Yet Brittany Ferries do not make any clear request to turn gas off
A Risk Assessment would be interesting

 

[MikeD]

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If gas supply is left turned on then the pilot light to the fridge is also on.
In the bilge of a ship , leaking gas which settles low coupled with a source of ignition is potentially disastrous.
On our recent Portsmouth Santander return trip with dozens, no perhaps hundreds of motorhomes , only one needs a fault in the middle of the Bay Of Biscay and a real disaster could occur.
Yet Brittany Ferries do not make any clear request to turn gas off
A Risk Assessment would be interesting

SAFETY PROCEDURES

Keep gas cylinders switched off


(max 3x15kg).
Fermez les robinets des bonbonnes de gaz
(max 3x15kg)

When we travelled to Bilbao we were checked each way and their safety procedures clearly indicate you should switch off gas cylinders.
If you want to run your fridge during the travel I understand that have electrical hook ups.:thumb::thumb:

Heavy than air explosive gases and boats really don't go together well!!!!!!

 

[ukbill]

there is more risk of a gas explosion on this thread than aboard ship

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