Be careful with generators

pnichols wrote:


P.S. Does burning wood generate carbon monoxide?

YES!

Jarlaxle wrote:
Makes you wonder why you would heat a space in sub zero temps while needing to leave holes open in the ceiling.

Hmmm ... didn't Native Americans winter in teepees with holes up high in the center of the top of the teepee??

I think that they had a fire inside the teepee down on the ground in the center of the teepee too ... at least in the movies that's what I see. :B

P.S. Does burning wood generate carbon monoxide?

Hard too see, but looks like the generator is raised, setting on the blue item, storage box or whatever
They might even have had the side open like in the picture, but wind blowing in keep the fumes under the tt
The father thought they were safe...
What a tragedy

dakonthemountain wrote:
This is such a tragedy and as noted, it was avoidable with the proper information. This poor man was trying to keep his family warm and safe. Something occurred to me though about the exhaust being directed under the trailer. Perhaps he thought the warmth from it would radiate through the floor of the trailer to help keep it warmer. after all, it WAS outside...?... Of course if he had ANY thought of exhaust leaks in the floor, or anywhere else he would not have done this. Prayers are being said for him and his family.

Dak

I don't know. By looking at the picture it looks like the generator is just setting under the overhang of the 5th wheel. I wondered if maybe the owner sent his kids outside to refill the generator with fuel and they moved it to do that and put it on a bad place? I guess we will never know.

We also have to remember that not all those that "live" in an RV are actually RVrs...

Dak

This is such a tragedy and as noted, it was avoidable with the proper information. This poor man was trying to keep his family warm and safe. Something occurred to me though about the exhaust being directed under the trailer. Perhaps he thought the warmth from it would radiate through the floor of the trailer to help keep it warmer. after all, it WAS outside...?... Of course if he had ANY thought of exhaust leaks in the floor, or anywhere else he would not have done this. Prayers are being said for him and his family.

Dak

I don't know if people are getting dumber or if it is (as pnichols described above), the lawsuit factor.

Things like a RV fridge, water heater, and furnace all used to work completely on LP gas, and didn't need electric. Now, if the house batteries die, you lose everything.

mlts22 wrote:
My, times have changed. I remember when TTs had propane lanterns in them for light

They did.

So did motorhomes .... here's one we owned years ago that had three types of lighting in it (and no carbon monoxide, or propane, or smoke detectors) -> 120V AC from hookups, 12V DC from it's coach battery, and an open-to-the-interior propane fueled mantle lamp:



I suspect that the main reason for most of that safety stuff in modern RVs is because of the business that lawyers are in.

My, times have changed. I remember when TTs had propane lanterns in them for light. Now, people get worried about heaters and generators.

Whatever happened to common sense? I'm not the smartest joker in the card deck, but I have multiple CO alarms and smoke alarms in my rig.

My coworker just bought an older (sticks and bricks) home about 6 weeks ago. Last week their CO detector went off several times through out the night before they decided to take it seriously and call the utility company. Their natural gas water heater was poisoning them. They were lucky to (finally) catch it before any real harm was done. They ALMOST took the batteries out of the detector just to shut it up.