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mowermech
Sep 01, 2018Explorer
SoundGuy wrote:heyobie wrote:
Last year I used the kitchen stove to take the bite out of the air.SoundGuy wrote:
A dangerous practice to be sure. :EMuddydogs wrote:
Why? In the spring and fall I do it all the time, trailer is a little cold in the morning its time to make some coffee and as a side effect the heat takes the chill off. Throw some biscuits in the oven for breakfast and she warms right up. Running the oven to cut a little chill is no different then cooking something or using the oven as a warming tray with the door cracked open a little while finishing up a meal.
A little late to reply but I just saw this and find it hard to believe anyone could be so naive. :R A burning propane flame generates CO which can kill you ... recommend this practice and one could wake up dead one morning. :E There's a BIG difference between running a propane furnace which is vented to the outside world and using a stove / oven which is not externally vented for heating the interior of a camper. The difference is venting - whenever you run the stove / oven you want to vent the trailer by ensuring windows are open and the stove vent fan is venting any CO produced to the outside, not the inside where it can concentrate and ultimately kill you. :(
If that is true, we should be dead, due to all the cooking and baking we did while living in an RV during a Montana winter. When it is below zero outside, the last thing one wants is any open windows!
By the way, burning (oxidizing) propane (or any other hydrocarbon) creates carbon dioxide and water vapor. Carbon monoxide is created only when the oxygen level is low enough that normal combustion can't occur. Since we never had a CO monitor alarm, I guess that didn't happen.
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