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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 21:32:42 GMT -8
First couple. wife will have to send more. Steve
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Post by sc397 on Sept 4, 2015 3:49:04 GMT -8
Well THAT sucks.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 6:50:38 GMT -8
LOL, you said sucks.
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Post by sc397 on Sept 4, 2015 8:02:34 GMT -8
Yea, we can say that kind of shit over here...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 8:26:43 GMT -8
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Post by 69Rebel on Sept 4, 2015 18:47:10 GMT -8
OOOf. That does suck.
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Post by 71sc360 on Sept 4, 2015 19:22:47 GMT -8
So what the hell happened? Do tell...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 21:19:30 GMT -8
Welp, it all started when ancient man learned to rub two-sticks together and throw some tender in and then a spark was created ... It seems that somebody with an older RV across the way (about 60 feet) left the batteries on and some accessories( I don't know which ones) given that it was older apparently there were some frayed wires and the electrical current built up , they touched metal and electricity jumped through the short. This must have built enough sparks/and/or heat to light off some fuel, whether that fuel was a burner left on or the insulation(styrofoam and fiberglass matting on most low to median priced RV's) and then a fire sprung up. Of course it lit off the propane tanks too and then one RV after another caught on fire. My wife had seen the black smoke from where we live and she went down to the park thinking it was it on fire. As she got closer she noticed the smoke was farther down the road. Her first thought ( and hope) was that it was the local newspaper outfit on fire ( long story and no such luck) but noticed it was farther still and then figured out it was our storage. By then the SM Fire department was there and one guy was on the ladder outside the retaining wall and cascading a well aimed trajectory over the roof and onto the flames. I talked with the fire chief the next day and he said that the stalls in which the RV's were parked, with a roof overhead and a wall behind but open to the front of the RV's was like a fire pit or barbecue and it trapped alot of heat. It was that heat that scorched my two car covers at the back of the AMX and singed the paint and melted the lenses. Fortunate that there was no heat transfer inside the trunk nor under the car. Steve
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Post by 69Rebel on Sept 5, 2015 8:42:29 GMT -8
Here's an experiment for ya'. Just take a small insulated wire and hook the positive an negative terminals of a charged car battery together. It's a good visual as to how vehicles can easily burn to the ground if proper fusing isn't used.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2015 10:10:59 GMT -8
Here's an experiment for ya'. Just take a small insulated wire and hook the positive an negative terminals of a charged car battery together. It's a good visual as to how vehicles can easily burn to the ground if proper fusing isn't used. LOL, I think I'd do that behind a wire reinforced glass booth and use remote reinforced rubber boot arms (like the booted sleeves in a sand blast cabinet, only way, way better) like the best experimental labs use. The simple thing with RV's is to turn the buss panel off for the auxiliary batteries and as a double back-up, all switches and accessories. I saw that phenomenon once when I used the wrong gauge wire as the main power line on a '68 Volvo wagon to try to "up" the output of the generator and smoke billowed out from under the dash. I got to the engine bay just in time to see the wire (insulated) burn up like a long dynamite stick fuse. Was very instructive about not wiring other than how the engineers laid out and trying to "improve the system" when you don't know what you are doing...Another way of saying that is, I was an idjit Steve
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Post by spud on Sept 24, 2015 5:45:20 GMT -8
Fuckin rv's suck. Expanding foam zip ties and wire nuts. They should take em to a desert and fart on em and watch the bonfire.
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Post by sc397 on Sept 24, 2015 7:02:25 GMT -8
Fuckin rv's suck. Expanding foam zip ties and wire nuts. They should take em to a desert and fart on em and watch the bonfire. Good one! Bout time you droped in for a while...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 19:09:41 GMT -8
Yep, the best RV at the fire site, which has a steel frame held the storage facility roof up above it. I think it was a Pacesetter. That design feature, a steel frame for the cabin, is reason why the wife and I will only look at Winnebegos, they are affordable and use steel frames too. However, they would be as suceptible to fire damage as a lesser brand because of the fiberglass and styrofoam construction of the cabin. On the other hand they are very very strong, and Winnebego, for the class of RV's that they sell, are the only manufacturer to drop test their product for impact testing.
Found out bits and piecesto the story concerning the RV that caught fire. It was plugged in at the time and the batteries were apparently left on. All the circuit breakers between that RV and the manager's office blew the breakers at the main power box. An off duty fireman reported smelling and seeing smoke and he distinctly heard a diesel engine running...
Steve
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 22:20:50 GMT -8
*All the plug-in boxes blew their circuit breakers*. That makes more sense.
Steve
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