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

Tequila wrote:
I notice the cheap chinese tire on the rear blew out.

TROUBLEMAKER:B:W

Seriously, one should not IMO try and imply this incident supports not using and leaving things like the refer on in propane mode, etc. Just like loosing one's brakes and having an accident, a faulty or misfunctioning propane system is the issue here not that it was being used.

Larry

mobeewan wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
My post from other post in General RVng Section.......Big Bang

Story is that the fridge caused this due to faulty propane system.
Until proven......Horse Pucky

I say 'operator error'


Hummmmmmmm.......
Fridge ignitor is 'outside'
Furnae ignitor is 'outside'
Water heater ignitor is 'outside'
Propane to those appliances can not 'build up' as they are outside.
All three of those appliances have 'lock out' when main flame is not proven

Stove/oven is only appliance inside.......but doesn't have auto ignition devices
Unless oven pilot flame was on and a stove top burner knob got bumped 'on'
Hummmmmmmmmmm........

I have a Suburban furnace with floor ducting in my 28 ft TT it is located entirely inside under the fridge. The electronic igniter is located on the unit the unit with the spark lighting inside the propane burning chamber(under the fridge).

I have an atwood furnace in my pop up (cabinet mounted) that is built similar. Gas tubing comes inside the trailer and connects to the control valves inside the trailer.

I also have a small TT with an older Suburban (cabinet mounted) similar to the atwood in my pop up that had a shut off valve that was accessed by removing the wall cover grate. My dad smelled gas inside the trailer one night and after a while we figured out it was only smelled when the furnace came on. I tracked it to the furnace shut off valve. It was leaking at the valve stem. I shut off the gas at the tanks and used electric heat the rest of the night.

Now, the furnaces do intake air from outside and vent exhaust gasses to the outside. But I have never seen a trailer furnace that ignited from the outside of the trailer. I would not rule out a gas leak from the furnace.

Yeah but keep in mind it's freaking hot here and same with where the dude traveled to and you would have to be on crack to be using heat this time of yr!
The dude is up to something!

Old-Biscuit wrote:
My post from other post in General RVng Section.......Big Bang

Story is that the fridge caused this due to faulty propane system.
Until proven......Horse Pucky

I say 'operator error'


Hummmmmmmm.......
Fridge ignitor is 'outside'
Furnae ignitor is 'outside'
Water heater ignitor is 'outside'
Propane to those appliances can not 'build up' as they are outside.
All three of those appliances have 'lock out' when main flame is not proven

Stove/oven is only appliance inside.......but doesn't have auto ignition devices
Unless oven pilot flame was on and a stove top burner knob got bumped 'on'
Hummmmmmmmmmm........

I have a Suburban furnace with floor ducting in my 28 ft TT it is located entirely inside under the fridge. The electronic igniter is located on the unit the unit with the spark lighting inside the propane burning chamber(under the fridge).

I have an atwood furnace in my pop up (cabinet mounted) that is built similar. Gas tubing comes inside the trailer and connects to the control valves inside the trailer.

I also have a small TT with an older Suburban (cabinet mounted) similar to the atwood in my pop up that had a shut off valve that was accessed by removing the wall cover grate. My dad smelled gas inside the trailer one night and after a while we figured out it was only smelled when the furnace came on. I tracked it to the furnace shut off valve. It was leaking at the valve stem. I shut off the gas at the tanks and used electric heat the rest of the night.

Now, the furnaces do intake air from outside and vent exhaust gasses to the outside. But I have never seen a trailer furnace that ignited from the outside of the trailer. I would not rule out a gas leak from the furnace.

I notice the cheap chinese tire on the rear blew out.

I just watched this on the news and after watching and looking at the pictures i understand it blew up but why is nothing burnt up.

I guess part of the propane safety must have worked like it is suppost to because it's not burnt to the ground.

So many questions about this.

My post from other post in General RVng Section.......Big Bang

Story is that the fridge caused this due to faulty propane system.
Until proven......Horse Pucky

I say 'operator error'


Hummmmmmmm.......
Fridge ignitor is 'outside'
Furnae ignitor is 'outside'
Water heater ignitor is 'outside'
Propane to those appliances can not 'build up' as they are outside.
All three of those appliances have 'lock out' when main flame is not proven

Stove/oven is only appliance inside.......but doesn't have auto ignition devices
Unless oven pilot flame was on and a stove top burner knob got bumped 'on'
Hummmmmmmmmmm........

Amazing there was no fire.

Planes crash, people die in cars, one-thousandth of one percent of RVs blow up. Meh....

Oasisbob wrote:
I would be very curious to see the specific cause in the LP system. Glad no one was hurt. Could have been so many causes within the LP system or evan a stove know accidently turned on. Glad no one was hurt.

I'm with the stove theory. I dont know how I did it but from laying something on the counter top/stove area I accidentally turned the stove on. We smelled it and looked around I realized one of the stove burners was on.

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.