Washington State Walmart Camper blows himself up

Yep if you want to blow up just put any of those inside your RV.
Accident waiting to happen. Even if you have no outside storage never store fuel inside. A light turned on can generate a spark and ignite vapors.

Pogoil.

SuzzeeeQ2012 wrote:
Courtesy of Central Pierce Fire & Rescue.






One seriously injured after RV explosion in Spanaway


UPDATE as of 3:45 p.m. A 50-year-old man was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle to be treated for significant burns, Central Pierce Fire & Rescue spokesman Ed Hrivnak said, adding that he did not consider the injuries to be life-threatening. Hrivnak said there was propane, white gas, and gasoline in the RV. A propane lantern inside might have caused the explosion by igniting vapors from the fuels, he said.

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/02/06/3031749/one-seriously-injured-after-rv.html#storylink=cpy

Made it a clicky.

Courtesy of Central Pierce Fire & Rescue.






One seriously injured after RV explosion in Spanaway


UPDATE as of 3:45 p.m. A 50-year-old man was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle to be treated for significant burns, Central Pierce Fire & Rescue spokesman Ed Hrivnak said, adding that he did not consider the injuries to be life-threatening. Hrivnak said there was propane, white gas, and gasoline in the RV. A propane lantern inside might have caused the explosion by igniting vapors from the fuels, he said.

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/02/06/3031749/one-seriously-injured-after-rv.html#storylink=cpy

Even if you're stoned you'd have to be pretty stupid to park in a Wal Mart lot and start cooking your product. Witnesses and all that you know? :S

wa8yxm wrote:
There is always one vented storage area... I store(Among other things) 200 cubic feet of helium there. (I figure if it ever gets hot enough to make that bottle let go, 200 cubic feet of cryogenic gas that DOES not support combustion or burn itself (IN fact reacts with just about nothing) might not be a bad thing).

Comes in handy when I blow up my 7' Balloon too.

I used to have a coleman "White gas" type cook stove, single burner.... Last time I took it out I layed the old eyes on it and decided it was toast... No boom, No leak, no fire, no confidence.

:E 200 cubic feet of helium? You must really enjoy walking around the park in the squeaky voice that you get when you inhale helium.

There is always one vented storage area... I store(Among other things) 200 cubic feet of helium there. (I figure if it ever gets hot enough to make that bottle let go, 200 cubic feet of cryogenic gas that DOES not support combustion or burn itself (IN fact reacts with just about nothing) might not be a bad thing).

Comes in handy when I blow up my 7' Balloon too.

I used to have a coleman "White gas" type cook stove, single burner.... Last time I took it out I layed the old eyes on it and decided it was toast... No boom, No leak, no fire, no confidence.

DiskDoctr wrote:

pianotuna wrote:
Hi westend,

Make it aluminum (no accidental sparks) and vented. Perhaps even plastic?

westend wrote:
What about a closed steel box, either on the tongue or on the rear bumper?

Power vented or on a timer. like the blower on a boat's engine compartment. Really no too way I know to fully contain gasoline and vapors.

I should have added that I personally don't carry anything in my TT that I need to worry about fumes. If I did a vented box on the outside would be the way to go.

As for not fully containing gas vapors the fuel tank on your car does a purty good job. Yes, there vented but, these days even that is vented through a charcoal canister to keep the fumes from getting out to the atmosphere. I know this because on the stupid 04 Chevy pickup I got they put the canister below the truck where it gets full of dirt and then I have a difficult time putting gas in the tank because the air will not escape quickly enough and the gas burbles back up the filler neck shutting off the gas nozzle. Some day I need to get under there and find a better way to vent the tank.

pianotuna wrote:
Hi westend,

Make it aluminum (no accidental sparks) and vented. Perhaps even plastic?

westend wrote:
What about a closed steel box, either on the tongue or on the rear bumper?

Power vented or on a timer. like the blower on a boat's engine compartment. Really no too way I know to fully contain gasoline and vapors.

Hi westend,

Make it aluminum (no accidental sparks) and vented. Perhaps even plastic?

westend wrote:
What about a closed steel box, either on the tongue or on the rear bumper?

CavemanCharlie wrote:

frankdamp wrote:
Unfortunately. to store your various fuels "outside the living area" of an RV assumes there are some outside storage areas in a particular rig. I don't think that late 1980's, Renault-powered, small Winnebago/Itasca had very much.

Really in my TT every storage compartment is inside in one way or another. The only way to store stuff outside is to set in out on the ground. That is probably not particle in a wall mart parking lot I bet.

What about a closed steel box, either on the tongue or on the rear bumper?