The Difference Between a Scamp Icebox & a Refrigerator

Icebox

• The icebox installed as a standard food chiller in Scamp travel trailers is as the name suggests: a box with ice. These heavily insulated boxes fit into the small kitchenette area of your travel trailer under the counter. The icebox connects to an evacuation tube that drains away water from the icebox, expelling it outside under the trailer.

Using an Icebox

• Iceboxes work like coolers. You must put a block of ice in them for your food to be kept cold. The ice in the icebox cools the air around it. This cooled air sinks below the ice block at the top of the icebox and onto your food below, keeping it cool. For best results from your icebox, put food directly from your home refrigerator into the icebox. To keep cold air from escaping, do not open the door to the icebox more than necessary.

Refrigerator

• Refrigerator options for the Scamp travel trailers include the 4.6-cubic foot and 1.9-cubic foot models. These require a power source for operation, but unlike home refrigerators, those in Scamp travel trailers can run off the car's battery at 12 volts. When you park the trailer, you have more options to power your refrigerator. At a campsite, use an exterior electrical outlet at 120 volts or LP gas to keep the refrigerator working. Do not use the 12-volt current from the car's battery after you park the trailer because the battery will run down if the car is not running to constantly recharge the battery.

Refrigerator Usage

• The refrigerator has a red and green switch for operating off of electrical power and a gas knob for LP gas. Flip the red switch to use your car's battery for refrigerator power, but only while you are driving. Hook up your trailer to an electrical outlet at a campsite, and flip the green button to switch the refrigerator to have it run off of the 120-volt power source. When you turn on the green switch, turn off the red switch to avoid draining the battery. For the gas option, shut off both electricity switches and push and turn the gas knob to high, while pushing down the igniter button several times until you see a flame in the metal covering. Adjust the knob to the amount of cold you want for the refrigerator. High indicates the coldest setting for the refrigerator.