Fire, CO, and Propane Safety Inputs sought...
Hi Team, We are getting ready to head off for 10 months in our 5th wheel and would be interested in any Fire, CO, and propane safety tips. Here is what I have done so far: 1) Added BR, LR , and...
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Forget about "calming flames" - related to propane...:S
Basically the only propane "issue" with RVs is the AC/Propane frig.
(See the "stickys" in the *TECH ISSUES* forum)
The area involved (prone to fire) is *not* accessible from the interior of your RV - it's behind the "box".
The fusible link extinguishers (expensive!) are intended to be mounted there. (See Mac's "products").
Sooooo - *AFTER* you EXIT -
How do you effectively douse that type of fire *if* it's propane & the fridge?..:h
You're outside, so shut off the supply at the propane bottle/s.
Then consider your extinguishment options.
Simple stove top fires are *not* related to propane "problems", but caused by the same situations you may incur at your sticks and bricks - usually a grease fire - or something left unattended on the stove, which is more likely at your S&B than your RV.
Train the "cook" to keep an appropriate size lid for the pot or pan in use - to smother a fire.
Ordinary baking soda is great also. A little goes a long way!
One blast from a dry chem extinguisher will certainly extinguish the fire, but make one HECK of a mess!.:(
There *are* better -but more expensive- hand held extinguisher options than dry chem!
BTW - once you read the problems with the brands of AC/Propane refrigerators - easy to see why an AC/DC or residential (AC only) compressor type unit is the way to go when it's time for a replacement..:W
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Basically the only propane "issue" with RVs is the AC/Propane frig.
(See the "stickys" in the *TECH ISSUES* forum)
The area involved (prone to fire) is *not* accessible from the interior of your RV - it's behind the "box".
The fusible link extinguishers (expensive!) are intended to be mounted there. (See Mac's "products").
Sooooo - *AFTER* you EXIT -
How do you effectively douse that type of fire *if* it's propane & the fridge?..:h
You're outside, so shut off the supply at the propane bottle/s.
Then consider your extinguishment options.
Simple stove top fires are *not* related to propane "problems", but caused by the same situations you may incur at your sticks and bricks - usually a grease fire - or something left unattended on the stove, which is more likely at your S&B than your RV.
Train the "cook" to keep an appropriate size lid for the pot or pan in use - to smother a fire.
Ordinary baking soda is great also. A little goes a long way!
One blast from a dry chem extinguisher will certainly extinguish the fire, but make one HECK of a mess!.:(
There *are* better -but more expensive- hand held extinguisher options than dry chem!
BTW - once you read the problems with the brands of AC/Propane refrigerators - easy to see why an AC/DC or residential (AC only) compressor type unit is the way to go when it's time for a replacement..:W
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