Why its a good idea ot turn off propan ewhne no tin use

Blacklane wrote:
I wonder what happened to the propane detector which has been required in RVs since the early 1990s. That unit looks new enough to need one. And what about the smell? If the propane system had been acting balky before the explosion, there should have been other warning signs.

Came home, too tired to open trailer and empty everything, too tired to plug-into electricity. Opened propane valve at bottle....

Stove knob could have been left on constantly filling trailer with propane. Detector is useless if no one is inside to hear it. Fridge was likely working just fine, during one of the ignition cycles, the trailer exploded. The spark came on and the trailer had already reached the lower explosion limit with propane.... BOOM!

I'm a gas fitter.