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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / April 2008What's with all this propane danger stuFF?
Propane is safe on RVs. You have to crash them real bad to have problems which is almost never. Methane buildup in the blackwater tank is more of a danger. Ragnar > Propane is safe on RVs. You have to crash them real bad to have problems > which is almost never. Methane buildup in the blackwater tank is more of a > danger. > > Ragnar Advice you won't hear anywhere else.... "Don't pay any attention to trolls" <G> >> Propane is safe on RVs. You have to crash them real bad to have >> problems which is almost never. Methane buildup in the blackwater [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Advice you won't hear anywhere else.... "Don't pay any attention to > trolls" <G> Perception... what I got out of it was don't smoke on the toilet and throw your butts in...... :) > Propane is safe on RVs. You have to crash them real bad to have problems > which is almost never. Methane buildup in the blackwater tank is more of a > danger. > > Ragnar You shouldn't poke fun at what is a severely dangerous explosive heavier than air gas. It so happens that propane fires and explosions are the NUMBER ONE reason for insurance claims to GMAC insurance company. On the average one or more RVs blow up or catch fire because of faulty propane systems each and every day! And, the huge explosion last year at D'Anconia copper mine number 16 down in South America was caused by a propane leak. So, if you play with fire plan on eventually getting burned. Harry Harris ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** >> Propane is safe on RVs. You have to crash them real bad to have problems >> which is almost never. Methane buildup in the blackwater tank is more of [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Harry Harris They put an RV inside a copper mine? > It so happens that propane fires and explosions are the NUMBER > ONE reason for insurance claims to GMAC insurance company. Not even close to being true. Accidents are #1. Fires are way down the list. > > It so happens that propane fires and explosions are the NUMBER > > ONE reason for insurance claims to GMAC insurance company. > > Not even close to being true. Accidents are #1. Fires are way down the > list. Miles: I'm ASHAMED of you, my son: Replying to a bona fide troll.  SignatureHarumph! :( JR >> > It so happens that propane fires and explosions are the NUMBER >> > ONE reason for insurance claims to GMAC insurance company. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Miles: I'm ASHAMED of you, my son: Replying to a bona fide troll. So, by your crooked definition, a 'troll' is somebody who tells the truth? GMAC Insurance top five RV claims: 1. Refrigerator fires and propane tanks. GMAC Insurance receives at least 400 claims per year due to refrigerator fires caused by leaking propane tanks. A rig can burn up in as fast as six minutes as a result of leaks in the propane tank system. Another problem: Tailgating sports fans wanting to show their support have even painted their tanks the teams' colors. Dark colors more readily absorb the sun's rays and can cause the tank to overheat and explode. This if from: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_July_1/ai_n14709646 Harry Harris ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** >> It so happens that propane fires and explosions are the NUMBER ONE reason >> for insurance claims to GMAC insurance company. > > Not even close to being true. Accidents are #1. Fires are way down the > list. Maybe you oughta take your head out of your a.s long enough to read this: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_July_1/ai_n14709646 "GMAC Insurance top five RV claims: "1. Refrigerator fires and propane tanks. GMAC Insurance receives at least 400 claims per year due to refrigerator fires caused by leaking propane tanks. A rig can burn up in as fast as six minutes as a result of leaks in the propane tank system. Another problem: Tailgating sports fans wanting to show their support have even painted their tanks the teams' colors. Dark colors more readily absorb the sun's rays and can cause the tank to overheat and explode." Harry Harris ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..... so now you're narrowing it down to JUST RV claims..... The story changes. So it's the #1 _RV_ claim. NOT the "NUMBER ONE reason for insurance claims to GMAC insurance company." as you originally posted. s >>> It so happens that propane fires and explosions are the NUMBER ONE >>> reason for insurance claims to GMAC insurance company. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** > OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..... so now you're narrowing it down to JUST RV > claims..... The story changes. So it's the #1 _RV_ claim. NOT the > "NUMBER ONE reason > for insurance claims to GMAC insurance company." as you originally > posted. In case you haven't noticed yet, this is an RV newsgroup. Duh! Harry Harris ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** > Maybe you oughta take your head out of your a.s long enough to read this: > > http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_July_1/ai_n14709646 > > "GMAC Insurance top five RV claims: > "1. Refrigerator fires That article is repeated on numerous websites word for word. Do a bit of research rather than an editorial not directly from the insurance industry. Note that there is no references cited. It's worthless! Now, there are some substantiated reports regarding fire claims. Those are almost entirely for the years of the Dometic recalled fridges. Take those facts away and people such as yourself will buy anything. >> Maybe you oughta take your head out of your a.s long enough to read >> this: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > fridges. Take those facts away and people such as yourself will buy > anything. Actually; I'd suggested Harry not smoke, or 'he' might catch fire being he's "HAIRY". :) SignatureZyp >Actually; > >I'd suggested Harry not smoke, or 'he' might catch fire being he's "HAIRY". >:) I have had Harry filtered for a long time. I feel sorry for a poor soul that has such a baseless paranoia. I agree that there can be problems with propane but considering the huge number of people using and carrying propane, the actual number is microscopically small. I am a lot more worried about electrical fire in my RV due to loosened connections (read high current density) and subsequent problems. These are much more numerous and kill/injure many more people than propane. I have had 2 homes come dangerously close to burning from outlet sockets with loose connections. My sister has a propane based home, with heat, water heater functions and cooking all propane powered. In the 50 years she has lived there she has had only one close call and that was caused by a fireplace pumping hot ash on to a shake roof. (Very old construction). I happen to have a smell sensitive nose and caught it before it got out of hand and only did about $4,000 Damage. Roof was replaced with asphalt shingles the next day! --- $$$$$$$$$$$ Yours truly, Johnny Dollar! >>Actually; >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > and only did about $4,000 Damage. Roof was replaced with asphalt > shingles the next day! Did you know that asphalt shingles burn almost as easily as propane? It was a stupid thing to use on that roof. The only really safe roof these days is a metal roof. Powder coated or galvanized steel roofs are the safest around. They won't burn and are more wind proof than most other roofs. Does your sister have a big life insurance policy with you as a beneficiary? Why else would you have an even more flammable roof installed over her head? Harry Harris ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** >>> Actually; >>> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** Well hell Hairy; Why build houses out of sticks or logs. I mean logs burn, sticks burn. I think all of the house's should be built from something much less flammable. Not only that, plaster and drywall. Do you know that 1/2" drywall can burn in less than an hour. OMG. We should be living in tin sheds with metal siding, metal floors and metal roofs. But wait, wait, what will it take to heat or cool these tin sheds? Since metal is a high conductor of energy [heat] .... it'll be everything but comfortable in those boxes. And what about glass windows. No no no no, we can't have glass windows. They break and someone can get cut. OMG! And the kitchen! Do you realize that most accidents around the home happen in the bathroom! Slip and fall accidents. And, OMG wait, if we have metal floors, then everyone will slip and fall to their death. We can't have that. No to metal floors. Yes to dirt. Dirt floors are so much better. We won't slip and fall, and hey, if you spill stuff, no baggie. Just dig a hole and bury it! Yes, I believe a metal shed, with a dirt floor would be the best plan.! Don't you think so Hairy? SignatureZyp |
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