my prep is that i put the fridge (i  use a dometic SC) on AC power
before the trip.  i then stuff everything in that i am taking.   then i
fill what is left with the frozen gel freezer packs.  i did this with
the dometic 182 stock fridge as well before  it  popped on me.  even
when the vanagon westy hits  high temps in the day i still  have  stiff
gel  packs after several days.
jimt
On Tuesday, Oct 15, 2002, at 17:51 America/Denver, Ben McCafferty wrote:

> I have done this.  Buy the blue ice from Safeway or wherever, and
> freeze it
> at home.  The more full you get the fridge, the longer it stays cold.
> I
> have also used a box of 100 Otter Pops as ice--they fit into all the
> small
> spaces around things, and make a tasty snack later on.  On one trip
> (two
> days), half of them were still frozen when I got home....
> bmc  :)
> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
>> I have used the fridge off of DC power and a few times with the AC
>> power in
>> preperation for a road trip but I have never actually used the
>> propane option.
>> Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has use ever made any modifications
>> to
>> simply use the fridge as an ice box still utilizing the convenient
>> shelfs but
>> using ice rather than power. if so, what works the best?