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Mon, 30 October 2017 17:37   |
Ken Burton
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
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The big thing is to focus on prevention. The second thing to focus on is extinguishing a fire should one occur.
It appears that most RV fires are near the engine, generator, or refrigerator. On mine the carb flooded over and a blown gasket in the intake manifold cross over choke heater tube provided the ignition source. Shorted wire from the fire kept the fuel pump running and supplying additional fuel.
On the prevention side things like using non-combustables near possible fire sources, disconnect switches on battery banks, elbow and hose on top of trans at vent with a runoff for fluid away from exhausts are a few things. Heat shield around Onan is another. Fix any gas tank leaks especially on top where it can flow near exhaust. There are probably 10 more items.
On the extinguishing side, availability the correct type of fire extinguisher is a must. AR-AFFF (Foam) is my preferred extinguisher type. Optional Automatic deployment installation is a plus. I have auto deployment Halon in refrigerator and Onan areas because they are confined areas where halon will work. Unfortunately no vendor is offering an automatic deployment foam system for the open engine area that will not freeze. It could easily be done. So I carry multiple hand held foam fire extinguishers to be used around the engine, trans, and fuel tanks.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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