Should you book a pitch with electricity or without, food & drink will remain chilled throughout your holiday thanks to 230v or gas. Or should you have a long journey ahead of you, they can maintain lower temperatures with battery power until you arrive at your destination. The fridge in your caravan is designed to operate on three different power modes – 230 volt, 12 volt, and gas. You can select the desired mode by using the controls on the front of your fridge.

• Often shown as a battery symbol, this function won’t cool the fridge but will maintain an ambient temperature if the refrigerator is chilled before travelling.
• The 12v supply is taken from your tow vehicle while driving, not your leisure battery.
• Once you arrive on site, switch to 230v or gas.

• Often shown as a plug symbol, this is arguably the most common power source from which to run the fridge.
• Have you booked a pitch with an electric hook-up? Once connected to the site’s 230v supply, select the 230v function.
• This mode will chill the fridge and freeze the freezer compartment.

Often shown as a flame symbol, gas operation is used when not connected to a 230v supply.

To use the gas mode:

• Open the gas cylinder valve.
• Select gas mode on the fridge.
• Some fridges automatically ignite the gas. If yours has manual ignition, press the igniter button until lit.
• If the fridge has manual ignition, success is usually indicated in one of two ways. A blue flame will appear behind a small window at the back of the refrigerator, or a galvanometer (a gauge with a pointer) will move into the green range.
• Set to the desired temperature.
• The refrigerator is now operational.
• This mode will chill the fridge and freeze the freezer compartment.

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• Beginners Guide to Caravanning – Homepage
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• How to set your caravan’s noseweight
• How to hitch up your caravan
• How to tow and reverse your caravan
• Arriving on site: How to level your caravan
• Arriving on site: Electrical system
• Arriving on site: Gas system
• Arriving on site: Water system
• Arriving on site: How to set up your Alde or Truma heating system
• Arriving on site: Toilet cassette
• Arriving on site: Fridge
• Arriving on site: Hob, oven and grill
• Arriving on site: How to adjust your caravan’s TV aerial
• Arriving on site: How to secure your caravan
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