Electric Refrigerator While Driving - Clarification

[richard5933]

Originally Posted by uncle_bob

Hi

Pretty much all AS trailers have a shutoff on the tanks. If the flow goes to high, it stops things completely. Rupture a line and you have no flow. No idea how long they have been doing this. My guess is several decades ....

Bob

My 1994 doesn't have the auto shutoff, so it was after that.

[Wazbro]

Originally Posted by uncle_bob

Hi

Pretty much all AS trailers have a shutoff on the tanks. If the flow goes to high, it stops things completely. Rupture a line and you have no flow. No idea how long they have been doing this. My guess is several decades ....

Bob

That started as part of the OPD valve, I believe in 1998.

Originally Posted by richard5933

My 1994 doesn't have the auto shutoff, so it was after that.

Then you need your cylinders updated with OPD valves to get them filled, unless they are designed to be used in the horizontal position.

[Shiny16]

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[richard5933]

Originally Posted by Wazbro

That started as part of the OPD valve, I believe in 1998.

Then you need your cylinders updated with OPD valves to get them filled, unless they are designed to be used in the horizontal position.

If they're built into the tank valves themselves then I guess I have them now, since I replaced my tanks with new about two years ago.

I thought this was a separate piece installed external to the tank.

[mikeinca]

Originally Posted by richard5933

If they're built into the tank valves themselves then I guess I have them now, since I replaced my tanks with new about two years ago.

I thought this was a separate piece installed external to the tank.

According to this source the OPD valve on new tanks has some functionality as a flow cutoff but is not 100% effective:

https://technorv.com/blogs/articles/...propane-safety

From what I've been able to find, it appears that the automatic regulator Airstream uses also has the ability to shut off a free-flowing gas feed and I assume that is the device that was referenced earlier as being installed in Airstream trailers for decades.

As long as the integrity of the hoses from tank to regulator and the regulator itself haven't been compromised then there shouldn't be a problem. Unpredictable things can happen in an accident, however, and having a backup device which helps ensure that the open valves on the propane tanks themselves get closed, rather than something operating downstream, seems like a good idea. Overkill? Maybe. TEHO.