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cbshoestring
May 03, 2016Explorer II
We expected the weather to be OK in late May, but with a small pop-up and no furnance, one can never be sure, so I took a small space heater. Upper 50's during the day, mid to low 30's at night. Boy was I glad we took the heater.
Not wanting to run an electric heater when we were not around, I unplugged as we enjoyed the sights one day. Upper 50's, the dog would be fine with that.
Returning to the site, the sun setting, I plugged the heater in. PUFF...is that a wisp of smoke I saw? Get in the truck, we need to find another heater, FAST.
End of MAY, all the stores have spring stuff...no heaters. WE check EVERYWHERE. Home stores, auto-parts, drug stores. Boy it is going to be a COLD night. The wife is actually going to have to sleep close to me.
Back at the site...lets plug it back in, see if we can figure out why that puff of smoke happened. The wife really doesn't want to sleep that close to me. Nothing...heater is working fine :h Wait, what is that...PUFF...oh ****....DOG HAIR :S A single strand of hair from that long legged sheltie that looks like a collie pup.
Funny now....not so funny then.
One more...dogs fault.
First trip out with new TT. Again, May....so glad to have a furnance. BEEP BEEP BEEP....3 am, alarms going off...we have a gas leak... everyone out of the trailer.
The dog is no longer allowed to sleep near the carbon-monoxide/dioxide sensor.
Not wanting to run an electric heater when we were not around, I unplugged as we enjoyed the sights one day. Upper 50's, the dog would be fine with that.
Returning to the site, the sun setting, I plugged the heater in. PUFF...is that a wisp of smoke I saw? Get in the truck, we need to find another heater, FAST.
End of MAY, all the stores have spring stuff...no heaters. WE check EVERYWHERE. Home stores, auto-parts, drug stores. Boy it is going to be a COLD night. The wife is actually going to have to sleep close to me.
Back at the site...lets plug it back in, see if we can figure out why that puff of smoke happened. The wife really doesn't want to sleep that close to me. Nothing...heater is working fine :h Wait, what is that...PUFF...oh ****....DOG HAIR :S A single strand of hair from that long legged sheltie that looks like a collie pup.
Funny now....not so funny then.
One more...dogs fault.
First trip out with new TT. Again, May....so glad to have a furnance. BEEP BEEP BEEP....3 am, alarms going off...we have a gas leak... everyone out of the trailer.
The dog is no longer allowed to sleep near the carbon-monoxide/dioxide sensor.
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