Oxygen concentrators
Just a heads up for people using oxygen concentrators, please as weather cools keep a window open or good ventilation as oxygen can build up in our Rvs This can cause a flash fire. Also we need to shu...
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Since burning is oxidizing (that is, something reacting with oxygen), it does follow that oxygen is noninflamable (that is to say, not flammable). However, an environment with high oxygen concentrations is much more of a fire hazard because it makes everything else burn more easily.
I don't really see how a medical oxygen concentrator would cause a build-up of oxygen in an RV, though; if it's getting its input air from the RV, and the output is going back into the RV after being breathed, there's no way for the net oxygen in the vehicle to be greatly changed. Obviously one needs to have adequate ventilation to provide sufficient fresh air (and remove stale air and excess CO2), but that's true regardless.
I don't really see how a medical oxygen concentrator would cause a build-up of oxygen in an RV, though; if it's getting its input air from the RV, and the output is going back into the RV after being breathed, there's no way for the net oxygen in the vehicle to be greatly changed. Obviously one needs to have adequate ventilation to provide sufficient fresh air (and remove stale air and excess CO2), but that's true regardless.
