I don't believe that for a second. Yes, it would be most safe to shut it off
at the source....
but the way the Dometic fridge works (assuming a functioning thermocouple),
if no heat source is detected the gas is shut off. I've tested this on a
bench blowing out the flame plenty of times. Then furthermore, I have a
fridge that won't reliably stay lit while driving (air leak in the intake of
the combustion chamber) and sure enough, every time there is no propane
leaking  that is discernible in any way.

Now if everything was somehow bypassed.....
perhaps.

-Craig
'85 GL turned WESTY
BOSTIG in the back
'87 SUNROOF Syncro

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:

> dear fire in fridge
> i asked that question a long time ago and was told that the driving can
> blow
> out the flame and cause the gas to run on unabated ...
> when one wants to board the ferry here and there are several here ..to get
> to powell river bc...
> they make a big deal out of having propane shut off at source ...
> again in case pilot light is extinguished ...
> so i have never questioned this line of thinking cause i have never heard
> any other ...
> even though i have asked others ...no other ideas have been put forward
> yours
>
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  RE: Burned out RV
> > Okay, but someone is going to have to explain to me how leaving the
> 'fridge
> > on propane while driving is going to cause a fire.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
>  From Proverbs:
> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> servant who becomes king ...
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