Two found dead in rv

gosh..this is horrible..& we've over nited @ that KOA...we never use the stove in here & i have bumped the knobs too.
i wanted to have it taken out anyway..but if it's so expensive to do..that plexiglass protector is great.
hate this death that was caused by bumped knobs.

OhhWell wrote:

Daveinet wrote:

B's Bunch wrote:
This loss should be a message to all to get together and create a complaint to the authorities involved to remedy this...

I would strongly suggest against this. Getting authorities involved will only create a big mess. What you really want to do is petition RVIA. The industry needs to solve its own problems, as they are the only ones qualified to do so.

I agree completely. Since there already is an organization like RVIA, no need to get the government involved.

I don't recall mentioning any government involvement just the authorities involved. If that is manufactures of stoves or the RVIA so be it. The plate idea would work on some models I suspect maybe a place to start

Daveinet wrote:

B's Bunch wrote:
This loss should be a message to all to get together and create a complaint to the authorities involved to remedy this...

I would strongly suggest against this. Getting authorities involved will only create a big mess. What you really want to do is petition RVIA. The industry needs to solve its own problems, as they are the only ones qualified to do so.

I agree completely. Since there already is an organization like RVIA, no need to get the government involved.

rockhillmanor wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:

hohenwald48 wrote:

I built a plate with 3 slots that slips behind the stove knobs and won't allow them to be pushed in enough to rotate. I made the plate out of a small piece of Plexiglas scrap. You have to remove the plate to be able to press the stove knobs in to rotate. Works great. No more accidental burner turns.

THAT IS A WINNER!

X100!

By God hohenwald48....GET A PATENT on this and get them in all the camping stores!

As close as I came to dieing with that dang RV stove knob I'd be first in line to buy them from you. :C

THat's no joke, you have a money maker on your hands. Patent it if you can.

Old-Biscuit wrote:

hohenwald48 wrote:

I built a plate with 3 slots that slips behind the stove knobs and won't allow them to be pushed in enough to rotate. I made the plate out of a small piece of Plexiglas scrap. You have to remove the plate to be able to press the stove knobs in to rotate. Works great. No more accidental burner turns.

THAT IS A WINNER!

X100!

By God hohenwald48....GET A PATENT on this and get them in all the camping stores!

As close as I came to dieing with that dang RV stove knob I'd be first in line to buy them from you. :C

B's Bunch wrote:
This loss should be a message to all to get together and create a complaint to the authorities involved to remedy this...

I would strongly suggest against this. Getting authorities involved will only create a big mess. What you really want to do is petition RVIA. The industry needs to solve its own problems, as they are the only ones qualified to do so.

I am Larry the original poster for this post. I posted it to warn others of the hazards of having propane on the rv's. This incident is a total loss of humane life. Two as a matter of fact. While this may have been a complete neglect of responsibility of turning everything off before retiring it is still a preventable loss in my opinion. Those of you who have offered an opinion on what happened as well as my punctuation may as well have offered an opinion of the lost plane that has occupied the news the last couple of weeks. A tragedy to say the least. Several have offered the MH builders should clean this up. I believe the builders of the appliance should step up and make this simple turn of a button not functional. You should at least have to push it in to allow gas to be available to light and hold long enough to sustain a flame. Similar to the in house gas heaters. If heat does not actuate the thermocouple it does not allow the flame OR gas to continue to flow. This loss should be a message to all to get together and create a complaint to the authorities involved to remedy this. I think we can achieve this if we all apply our opinions toward this problem. Not sure where to start but this is where I stand and will be the first to start the issue in response that this tragedy does not happen again. Thanks for your interest and time LARRY

I'm not sure there is any more risk associated with propane when it's used properly. Using a stove burner to add supplemental heat is a bad idea, doubly so while sleeping and there is a big warning against it in most stove manuals I've ever read. Anything, when improperly used,is usually an accident waiting to happen.

It is one of the reasons I pull all the propane out of the coach. I am sorry that the two people lost their lives but it helped me decide to go with a residential fridge and pull the gas stove and use an induction stove. I figured I have the same utility and much less risk.

hohenwald48 wrote:
I built a plate with 3 slots that slips behind the stove knobs and won't allow them to be pushed in enough to rotate. I made the plate out of a small piece of Plexiglas scrap. You have to remove the plate to be able to press the stove knobs in to rotate. Works great. No more accidental burner turns.

THAT IS A WINNER!