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Your learned friend is corect about the level thing BUT only if running on gas.  I trust he isn't in the habit of towing with his fridge lit on gas........ could be interesting when he fills up with fuel!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As said get the fridge really cold on mains before setting off - switch to 12v and you might just maintain a coolish temperature for arrival - we usually also put in a couple of freezer packs if we want a cold one on arrival.

Yes your all right  

When on gas, level pitch required     and not to be used when traveling 

12v  will work while traveling,   If you can pre-chill  don't expect to much from it.  Don't let it drain your battery 

Yes you will have chilled drinks while you set up in Cornwall 

12V works great for me, seems to be just as good as mains on my 6 1/2hr journey to cornwall. The Haynes manual says that 12V operations is as good as gas or mains. Poor cooling on 12V is usually caused by excessive voltage drop between the car battery/alternator to the towing socket 12S and/or the caravan towing plug to the fridge due to long/thin cable runs.

If you've got a 12S plug (rather then the new 13 pin plug) burnt out pins are common when using the fridge, sometimes resulting in the plug being stuck in the socket. This is due to poor contact. A good tip is to ensure the plug & socket is corrosion free & the leaves of the pins are not squashed together. If they are squashed together, you can open them carefully with a penknife.

Quote: Originally posted by oldham on 05/7/2011

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12v  will work while traveling,   If you can pre-chill  don't expect to much from it.  Don't let it drain your battery 

 

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12v works a treat when you are travelling but only as long as your engine is running.  It has a direct feed from the S socket that is completely isolated from the caravan battery, and is only live when the engine is running. This being the case it is impossible to flatten a battery by using fridge on 12v as all the power for the fridge is provided by the cars alternator and no other battery is invloved.

I have to say we don't have a problem at all with chilling whilst driving.  We pre chill on drive for 2 days and everything is as cold as our fridge at home when we arrive on site however many hours later.  When OH changed his car the towbar didn't have the fridge pin connected so on our first trip with it we had to travel 5hrs without the fridge on.  We prechilled the fridge at home but needn't have worried as everything was still ice cold on arrival.

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