Burning RV's

prolandsurveyor wrote:
Yes and no I was running the fridge on propane while pulling it...don't know if a ammonia leak reached the pilot light or what but know for a fact the fridge was the cause of the fire....it was a dometic 2652 fridge.

wanderingbob wrote:
For 32 years of my working life I was an insurance auctioneer selling 250 to 800 claims per day across 4 states . Fifty or sixty insurance companies , but I contracted with what are known as insurance salvage companies . The vast majority of RV claims , probably 95 percent were TT roll-overs , to much trailer for to little tow vehicle . Next in line for all types of RVs would be trees or limbs thru the roof . Then fires mostly refrigerator causes . Of course in tough times we would get claims were the payment book caused a fire by rubbing up against the insurance policy . As I remember , I do not believe that I ever saw a 5th wheel rollover .
In resent years most of these independent auctioneer jobs have been lost to the internet ! Insurance companies still "pool " there claims but thgey are sold on the internet . I have sold for Manheim , Sadisco, IAA , ISS an many more pools that no one has heard off . Manheim has over 2800 yards/auctions but very few have heard of them .

prolandsurveyor wrote:
while pulling it to the beach Easter Sunday....the fridge was the cause.

smcrea wrote:
Interesting that it's the fridge which is just about the only thing you can't turn off. Not unless you want all your food to spoil.

We've always driven with the fridge in auto which obviously means that it's on propane when driving. Does everyone else do this?

It would be nice if they'd invent a fridge that worked on 12VDC wouldn't it! :)