RE: Propane on while driving Roger, I've heard those argument also and they don't make sense. All modern propane fired device, even our much maligned Dometics in our Westfalias, have a shut off if the main flame goes out. Same for self igniting gas devices like stoves and refrigerators used in the home or in RVs. So the flame blowing out while driving shuts off the flow of gas. That's why you have to hold the button for a few seconds after lighting the Dometic, to allow the thermocouple to heat to the point that the propane flow is held open. As for the ferries, that concern I completely agree with. All it would take is one gasoline leak from one other vehicle for fumes to reach a pilot light on a propane device, like our refrigerators, and the mixture to be just right to get an explosion and fire. How many people have toasted themselves, or at least their garages/houses using an open container of gas to clean auto parts in the garage where the gas fired hot water heater was located? |
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