Vintage Airstream Totally Burned | How I Keep Us Safe
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Hiking in the Colorado forest, we found a vintage camper that had burned to the ground from an electrical problem. Here is how I make sure we are safe in our rig.
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My name is David and with my dog Lefty we travel the country in our ambulance conversion RV. I made this change to my life and you can too! Like, subscribe and comment! Lefty would appreciate it - he wants the adventures to keep coming!
The Campulance is a 2002 Ford E450 Marque Commando 164 Class III ambulance powered by the Ford 7.3l Powerstroke turbo diesel engine and a 4 speed 4R100 transmission. Lefty is a 68lb American Staffordshire Terrier (best I can tell) that came from the Verona Street Animal Shelter (www.vsas.org/) in March 2014 at the age of 9 months. We have been living full time in the campulance since July 2019. #ambulancelife #vanlife #staffordshireterrier
I can't believe the tires survived the fire. Amazing testimony to the quality of the trailer's structure.
heat rises, When you see a burned rig on the side of the road with the tires burned off is usually caused by bearings, bakes or flat tires
Hi David and Lefty. I hope no one was hurt or worse in that trailer fire. My dad was a fireman where he lived in NJ most of his life. My parents bought a place for weekend getaways and vacations in PA that only allowed trailers, he saw and helped fight so many trailer fires there, all being total losses. They did not have an on site fire dept. and had to wait for trucks to drive from Tobyhanna, Pocono, other surrounding towns….my dad started an on site fire department, they bought a fire truck, and recruited other members who were firemen or if they wanted to be a fireman, they could join and get training. It really made a difference in the trailer fires getting help quicker. Fires are scary and so loud, I had a house fire after I moved to WA, the house was built in 1903, the 2nd house in the town. When we bought it in 1992 no updates had ever been made. They said old wiring….we had started updates and that helped when the fire burned. We rebuilt it ourselves and with friends, took a year to do, my ex still lives there today.
Lefty, I am glad your dad constantly considers safety. He will always be thinking of ways to keep you safe in spite of all the taunting squirrels and delicious smells trying to lure you to run off. Stay safe you two. 🙂
Lefty, make sure your dad doesn't get lost... you are such a good boy!
I like the pan morning opening David. Safety first! 😎🇨🇦🚐
OMG the poor people pray they are safe. We're always shutting everything off after we use it. So scary, it's good not to get complacent for sure.
So glad you're both safe. Big hugs to Lefty. 🤗🐾
Thanks Lynda :)
Hi David & Lefty! I hope everyone made it out safely!🙏🏼 Take care and stay safe!❤️🙏🏼👍🏼👍🏼✌🏼❤️🐶❤️
Lefty’s dreaming sweet dreams 🐶💕 looks like a 😇 when he’s sleeping. I feel the same way when I see unfortunate accidents with peoples rigs. Stay safe 🙏🏻
I like the pan morning opening David 😎🇨🇦🚐
Thank you!
Lefty was keeping a suspicious eye on that drone following you LOL
Right! He does keep an eye on it :)
Sorry I commented and it disappeared. Hope everyone was okay from that fire. Two of our neighbours lost their homes last weekend. One neighbour had lithium batteries in his garage and it started an inferno. Both families were insured but they both lost their homes. One million dollars in damages. Please be careful everyone.😢
That's terrible. The batteries require specific fire fighting to stop them from burning too and can burn fast. I'm sorry that happened to them.
@@TheCampulanceMan The Fire Department hauled them out and surrounded them with sand. They stayed on scene for 12 hours afterwards.
I am drinking coffee Saturday morning. The best way for waking up, is Folgers in your cup! 😁
Thanks, David and Lefty 👍
Surprised more RV's don't burn when you look at how they are wired. Look at your work and there is no comparison. Funny coffee story. Had a new guy come on one of our week long scuba trips. One of the guys did the grocery shopping for years. There were 4 regulars and the new guy who was an absolute great guy and fit in great. I explained to him to make himself at home on the boat. About an hour in to our 12 hour trip to the Island I heard him rummaging around down in the galley. I asked him what he was looking for and he said the coffee. The 4 of us looked at each other and whispered who is going to tell him. None of us drank coffee. Poor guy tried pop for his fix but told us later in the trip he had a headache for two days. Poor guy.
I've heard that people get headaches when they don't have it - I'm not that wound up (I hope)!
Love the drone opening!!!
Holy moly! That's scary looking. Be safe Lefty and David.🚑🚑🇺🇸🇺🇸🦴🦴
It's terrible coming across something like that. It keeps me making sure we're safe :)
I did not see Airstream just totally burned and your name. I was afraid. You are so smart to work on your system to be safe .
Shame about the Airstream. Very expensive but I love them. Headed to the kitchen to unplug my power strip. I spend all of may through Columbus day in my camper. You do get complacent after a while that's for sure.
Be safe! We do get complacent when everything is working - it only takes one time of something not working right and we have a problem.
Dave and Lefty love you guys. Remember, don't overload a breakers amps, and you should be safe just like in a house. Always be safe guys❤
I threw the breaker once on my shore power input line. The inverter/charger was pushing about 50 amps to the batteries and I turned on the microwave. The breaker threw after about a minute. Never did that again :)
After all your coffee runs out let me know. I will send you my favorite. Thanks Buddy
I love watching you and Lefty. He is a good boy and you are a good doggy dad. Your walks through nature are relaxing. That Air Stream is totally destroyed. It should have been hauled away. Now it is a hazard and eyesore . Makes you wonder what caused the fire. Maybe the batteries? Please be careful and continue to monitor your rig for safety concerns. As always I am wishing you safe travels.❤❤
I hope they get it removed soon before it gets spread around. Thank you for the well wishes :)
That's a beautiful place your at ❤
I have a 12 foot braided hose with an adjustable regulator at the tank and I like it. It's the same rubber hose with the steel braiding around it for protection.
Most RV fires are electrical. Trying to save money on tools, terminals and under sized wire can cost you everything. Stay safe out there.
I'm leaning towards the braided hose for the protection like yours.
I think Lefty is smart enough to know after coffee comes a walk. So now, you can come up with something different..lol Maybe treats while you drink your coffee. Hope to meet both of you this season in Q.
As soon as the coffee maker starts he starts! We'll see you down there :)
@@TheCampulanceMan haha..hide on the closet
Just had my first cup of coffee this morning. It was so good!
As long as the burnt rig doesn't smell like chicken or beef jerky, it's not all that bad...:)
Sending Lefty ❤🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
He got em!!!
Correct and safe ☺️☺️☺️☺️ thanks much 😅😅😅😅😅
😱😱😱How horrible! I hope no one got hurt. 🙏 That's so scary 😱.I always pray each night for my YT friend to be safe. 🙏 Stay safe 🙏
Thank you David.....Good Boy, Lefty !!!!
Thank you for bringing fire safety and awareness to point on your channel again. People don't think enough about it until after the fact. Walmart sells aerosol cans to fight a fire that are good to get you out should you be trapped in say a bedroom with your hallway or stairway access blocked by fire. I have 2 of those cans in my upstairs bedroom for emergency due to the upstairs window being my only escape. These cans could also help get you out of a burning RV where door is in front and your bed is in back. $15 can could save your life
Thanks for this! I'm building my first and need the fear of a burn down to make me focus better on electrical safety.
I regularly spend a week in Death Valley for Thanksgiving, one year upon arrival at our usual spot there was a burned down, down to the chassis class a and the story was, it was a rental, didn't know what they were doing, rode the brakes so long it caught fire!
I still have the photo and will never forget the bones of the wreckage😢
Use that as a motivator to do everything perfectly - and you'll be in good shape :)
Lots of good info here in your vlog, I took notes. One can apply those tips to a sticks ‘n’ bricks abode.
Thank you :)
Your hose problem was I believe was the fact that your regulator clogged was that you didn't have that filter. Well you use the same filter as for the buddy heater. We'll the filter prevents the cloggs i believe you won't have any more issues regarding the regulator.
I am viewing this when I unexpectedly hear my name. You are so welcome.
Many thanks Don! I've been back on line with my coffee and this new machine works perfect! Very appreciated :)
Take care. Be well. Get prepared stock up on food, bottled water and supplies like dogfood. Things are getting ready to get different. ❤🙏🇺🇸💥
Bottled water is totally useless compared to having water filtering equipment. For the weight of one bottle of water, you can have a water filter that will typically make a few thousand bottles of safe, potable water, from any river, lake, or tap which isn't potable water. You can't carry enough water to survive on for long, even in a vehicle.
Dogs will eat anything. Including their owner, when the owner runs out of water and dies in a few days.
So, the priority is keeping the person alive, like how you put on your own oxygen mask first in an airplane "so you are better able to assist others".
People always think the sky is falling. It hasn't yet, in the USA.
@@EfficientRVer- You might want to ask the families of the victims of Hurricane Helene, 230 and counting as of 10/4. There are orders for well over 1,000 body bags piling up - people are ordering them from Amazon because there aren’t enough in the normal supply system. The sad excuses for governments voted in the last few years are so incompetent that it took a week for military first responders to be called up, despite them champing at the bit to deploy the day the hurricane hit. Now, the feds are standing in the way of relief supplies, volunteer workers, Starlink satellite terminals, etc., from getting where they’re desperately needed because they’re “in charge” and don’t want anyone else to get credit. Meanwhile, toddlers are being found wandering in the woods looking for their parents, days after the passing of the storm, while “leaders” are lying on beaches and attending Hollyweird campaign fundraisers.
People who foster substance and other abuses are no substitute for people of substance.
LOL, blame Lefty😂
Honest... it was him!
@@TheCampulanceMan thanks for the laugh with your answer, I needed that
Coffee is a must. I cook outside because I don't want fire in my minivan and there have been a couple of times the wind or rain was too much to do it outside. Those were not good days,lol.
Oh for goodness sake‘s, I sure hope that there was no one in that airstream when it caught on fire? It sounds like the Ranger that you spoke with didn’t mention this to you? We had next-door neighbors whose house caught on fire. The firefighters found that it was related to an alarm clock that was plugged in downstairs in their finished basement. It just had been wired incorrectly and it sparked and started their whole house on fire. Luckily no one was home. Ever since then I have been afraid of electrical fires and also gas fires. They just scare me to death. You’re right, you come along these accidents and it just makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck, and you pray to God that some thing like this never happens to you or your family. I am glad that you are extremely diligent about looking over all of your gas and electronic connections, to make sure that they are all installed properly, to avoid any kind of a fire or an explosion. 🙏
I was hoping to see a bike rack for your motorcycle. Have you been able to find one yet? And your Lefty t-shirt?
It is such a gloriously beautiful place where you are staying right now. No wonder Lefty just loves it there!!
Well, please stay safe! I think we all would agree that we feel like you ARE our friend, and we care very much about you and Lefty!!
Have a fun weekend!!
LeeAnn 🌸
Hi LeeAnn! I just found the model of bike that has racks available - and they will fit my bike with minor modifications. As soon as we are at our winter mailing address I'll have it shipped to me along with the T-shirt. I can't wait to be wearing Lefty on my chest :) Many thanks LeeAnn ;)
The non-outlet style power strips are a number 1 cause of many fires, especially near moisture. Fish tanks and RV's are not a great environment for them.
I stopped using them back in my house - I had that experience years back and I never trusted them again.
good tires o it
Thanks - good info, good reminders.
The problem is when people use crappy outlet strips for something drawing high power. You can get away with a lot if you're only charging your phone and some USB lighting. Not so much, if you run an air fryer off that same outlet strip.
In an RV, van, or car, just spring for a UL certified strip, or preferably hospital-grade.
I worked in hospitals and power strips(power taps) were forbidden for just the reason you mention. If you need more outlets, install more outlets. Nice flying camera work.
Interestingly, at a US military surplus auction about 20 years ago, I bought many dozens of brand new power strips approved for hospital use, meeting the military specs for that. Uncle Sam paid approximately $500 each for them. The strip is a metal box maybe 3.5 x 3.5 x 18 inches. It is basically a big electrical box without all the knockouts, and with a nice brown paint job. Each outlet in the strip has its own switch with pilot light. Each was internally wired like commercial outlets in a wall, with 12awg copper wire good for 20A, but the whole thing was rated 15A to correspond to the specs for a standard plug and standard outlet. You could tell it was all as beefy as a 20A plug and outlet, but a spec is a spec, and if one of the blades isn't sideways, that means its spec is not 20A.
Currently I use one for all of my phone chargers, camera battery chargers, extra USB outlets, and so forth. Most of its outlets contain a GE 3-outlet tap. So, I do have a good dozen or more things plugged into it, about half of them drawing 5W to 20W each. I will admit that with USB-C PD chargers getting more powerful, at some point I'll need to count up the wattage, but for now there are just a handful of 20W or 30W PD outlets, a 65W, and a 100W. Still far from the 1800W to trip the strip's own breaker
It's just not practical to have one duplex circuit per outlet in a house, with dozens of low-power devices in each room. As long as you use quality equipment like a Belkin or better power strip, and GE or better splitter taps (around $3 each in quantity, not cheap 2 for $1 stuff) and absolutely make sure that every circuit is properly fused, and every outlet strip has its own breaker, I have no qualms about number of things plugged into a circuit. You do need to count up the wattages if you want to avoid tripping breakers. I never trip breakers in these situations, because I am very careful about where I plug in large loads. I treat breakers as backup protection, and awareness as primary protection. If I'm plugging in a toaster oven, it's going to be the only thing plugged into any of the kitchen outlets, unless I know different outlets are on different circuits. If I run a hair dryer on high, it's going into the bathroom GCFI outlet only. If multiple bathrooms are on the same circuit, I make sure I know that, and if it's my house, I change that.
Around all electrical outlets, your stove, microwave, and propane area you can make fire resistant. That way if there is a little spark it should extinguish quickly. So sorry for that trailer. Prayers are with the owner. Prayers are with you Dave too, always! :)
Thanks Melissa!
Still good information have .
Don't forget to put a propane filter in the new system . ☕️☕️👍👍
I will be doing that for sure :)
The rubber hoses are failing at the barbed hose end connector. I had two of them blow this summer. One when I was sitting there drinking coffee. Best to put copper lines in in any cabin area with a vent hose to the outside around it. On aircraft fuel lines that have to transit the cabin areas are a hose in a hose setup. So in an RV the center hose would be the propane and the outer hose would be vented outside.
The steel braided propane hose is rated for high-pressure so that will be excellent for you one less thing to worry about.
When I first started replacing the wiring on my sailboat taught me to buy the really good tools, and how to pit in the proper gage wire. It's critical fir tge sailboat wiring to be proper because I'm sitting in salt water and electrolysis is very dangerous. It's also illegal in the marinas. SO the same principles apply to my RV rig. Safety isn't worth skimping on money for cheap materials and poor cheap connectors. I appreciate these conversations! What are you feeding Lefty? Peewhew
I've seen low quality electric gear that folks need to stay away from. Marine grade kit is good and is a good fit for RVs.
He got some creek water in him and that can give him strong reports!!!
@@TheCampulanceMan
Same with my dogs when they go to the lake with me🤢
there is a place hear on the side of the rode the homeless people live some of the trailers are burnt out like that sed about the airstream they can be nice my brother has one we spent weeks polishing it up all shiny
There are over 200,000 vehicle fires each year in the U.S. alone, most of which start at speed. If you divide up the number of miles of highways (several million miles) by that number over a 10-year period (two million vehicle fires), it makes you wonder how there isn’t a scorch mark visible on every road at least every 10 miles, on average.
As the supervising sergeant used to say on “Hill Street Blues” at the end of each shift-start briefing, “ … and be safe out there.”
I am currently building out a step van. I am going to use the stainless mesh lines for my propane running under the van.
Hope you keep a fire extinguisher in your rig and also stainless steel braided line I believe is superior for safety but no experience with that.
We have 3 extinguishers on board :)
👍👍👍👍👍
When I lived in the country on a ranch people would pull stolen cars into our orchard and torch them in the middle of the night. Very unsettling.
There's something about a burned vehicle that is unsettling, isn't it...
Glad you'll switch to low pressure in the propane hose. I don't know if the braided hoses are better than the rubber ones. Probably like washing machine hoses, some of each type are marginal, and others of the same type are industrial strength. My own washer hoses have braided stainless sheaths. At a minimum, it makes it a lot harder for any mice thinking of chewing through them. So my own preference would be braided stainless over a high quality hose, though it does hide what the hose itself looks like, so many brands must get tempted to skimp.
I agree - each type can be good or bad depending on the manufacturer. I'm finding us a quality hose :)
Coffee is an addiction thing…it’s called caffeine…😮
Check your rig for Kidde firextinguishers. There was a recall on them, several years back. I had four replaced in truck, camper and camp at lake and house. Showed as full but, they had become de-energized like they had been used.
Reason for braided vs plain rubber is to prevent rubbing through contact with other surfaces.Great idea but, like everything else on RV’s you need to check on the darned things frequently. If they puncture it helps to notice. Or being turned off, for security and well being of you and your pets.CYA dude.
Braded ones probably more stronger as long you get a good brand of one
I love my French Press. So easy, only have to heat water on my stove and never waste any coffee plus it's super fast. I have a keurig but the pods just cause too much garbage. I use tge braided propane hose onALK my propane becaysr my professional propane installer (Ferrell Propane Company) told me that's all they install and when they came to my ranch to install all my propane appliances including my stove/ove n, Instant hit water heater and house furnace, they put the beaided lines-connections on every appliance. They made all the copper lines and connections from my tank to the house and I never had a problem. It was $2k to do the professional install, but that was for new construction on an entire house. But if I were you, I'd replace all those rubber hoses with the safer braided hose. They cone in lots of different lengths so make sure you get a braided hose that fits well and isn't too long or comes up short. The pros make you SAFE, so do as they do. ❤
The propane discussion was interesting; I use a XINREX propane fume detector and probably would not have become so reliant on propane without this safety feature. The chance of fire is super scary. I have 1000 amp hours of Battleborn batteries if they ever catch fire the party is over. Fire safety has become embedded in my lifestyle, but the fear is real.
It's too easy to forget that we have so much energy no board when everything is working right. I have to remind myself.
😂😂 bear farts alot😂 he will clear a building😂😂
I never leave any appliances plugged in when I'm done using tgem. I have a kill switch that turns off everything when my rig is unattended. I'm so terrified of such a fire and possible losing one or all of my pets, it just isn't worth it. If it's too hot then I take them with me to run into town. Even my solar, I don't leave that going. Those lithium batteries CANNO be extinguished with regular fire extinguishers. They make a special blanket that the Phoenix fire department has been testing because there have been several Li battery fires in electric trucks that they had to just let burn out and hosecthr area to keep it from spreading. All these big fires have made the news as a warning. Stay safe.
Did they find the black-box? Flight data recorder?
I'm being silly!
I have the fire blankets also.
ill be at buckeye gulch n of leadville prob a day or 2😂 nice camp
Walmart sells McCafe in 1 & 3 pound cans, which are a bargain.
"Lithium" batteries come in many types, the same way that wood might be oak--or balsa. There is only 1 lithium battery chemistry, called LiFePO4, which is really safe. All of the others are more powerful, but the chemicals in them actually produce oxygen when they burn, making a real firestorm that can't easily be put out.
But LiFePO4 batteries don't do that! So conventional means can be used to extinguish them. I prefer cooking on gas, but not at the cost of carrying explosives. When there's no sunlight, if you have dual alternators that's no problem.
IIRC when you installed the new batteries, you used the safer ones and you installed primary fuses right up close to them. Many DIYers don't understand how important those expensive fuses are. Or, that your standard RV fire extinguisher is capable of putting out a desk trash can--and that's all.
Ask around some fire stations. Let them show you how much more ( 4x ?) you need before it can do anything.
What a coincidence talking about propane. I made an appointment with an RV repair shop to look over my propane systems. The previous owner said they only used the cooktop but it Hannah has a hot water heater and also a room heater that runs off of propane. I’m hoping everything ignites and works as design hourly repair rates are pretty expensive. After they do their thing then I’m gonna take it over to one of the fire stations that has a hazmat unit and have them sniff for propane not actually the fireman you know tells if there’s propane leaks. The rig is 36 years old, and in mint condition. I could do it myself have installed natural gas water heaters before but due to the age I think your professional is best.
Our Thor Class C coaches have these nasty outlets where the conductor is pressed into a narrow channel, cutting the conductor insulation. The only contact with the appliance is through that tiny cut in the conductor. They are a huge source of resistance and heat.
I've seen similar connections and I always thought that they could be a lot better.
You lost me on the long run wire "decrease the gauge and increase the fatness" thought the fatness of a wire is gauge? Still waiting for that whole understanding of it all to click in my brain. I remember watching your upgrading power video when you said that. Thanks for the content. 🙂
The wire diameter (“fatness”) increases as the gauge number decreases in value. Electrical terminology, like all technical and other jargon, is purposely designed to be confusing to maintain a barrier-to-entry for certification and limit competition for union jobs. “Knowledge” exams based solely on terminology are substituted for actual comprehension and understanding, and the problem with too little “knowledge” is that it’s dangerous.
In the Navy, we used to only teach junior boiler technicians (“snipes”) to keep the water level in a glass sight gauge within high and low marks on the glass, by adjusting input and output valves. They didn’t know HOW and WHY their adjustments affected the operation of the boilers, so when something unusual happened, they didn’t know what the correct procedures were, resulting in upwards of millions of dollars in equipment damage and severe injuries, if not loss of life.
Beware of buying electrical parts that are not UL listed you’ll pay more for them being manufactured in the states or have been tested by the underwriters laboratory, but you’re a lot safer than some of these fly by night online shopping
Yes! There is too much garbage gear on line - I've seen some terrible quality wire terminals that I'd never use!
Buy a quality brand hose, and check if for leaks. One person had a hose from Amazon that the hose just popped apart. It was a really scarey fire. I just bought a Mr Buddy hose from Tractor Supply, and it leaked immediately.
I'm getting us a braided, USA made hose :)
Nice to see you and Lefty. I disagree. Coffee is an addiction. When my aunt Ruth stopped drinking it she got awful headaches. People have to have it in the monings. I have never had coffee. I have water in the mornings.
I don't plan on a propane system in my ambulance. When I can afford it I'm going to get a diesel cooktop. For now I'm using a Coleman camp stove outside
I would go with a wood stove
I've tried every kind of coffee maker known to man or maybe I should say woman, but I've settled on the best one which is a French press. B o d a makes them
You won't need coffee filters anymore either
Shame about that Airstream. The pointed wheel arches date it to around 1959-1962ish. The interior cabinetry didn’t look like anything from the factory, so somebody probably had a go at gutting and remodeling the trailer.
Check out the EcoFlow 800w alternator charger 👍
It is hilarious that people think a DC-DC charger is something new, just because companies selling overprice power stations have now started pushing them. I'm a fan of DC-DC chargers while driving. Or even for drawing your vehicle battery partway down with, to run the engine less than idling to run a DC-DC. Draw it down a bit, charge it back up quickly at higher power than the DC-DC, maybe while running that also, if you have enough alternator power. Repeat. If you draw the vehicle battery down too much, you weren't paying attention, but a jump start pack fixes that.
@@EfficientRVer He said that sometimes he doesn't get enough solar, that's why I said it.Calm down lol
I've been looking at a DC DC charger and I'll probably install one on day :)
im in my big diesel gladiator pulling my camper trashing around buena vista hope to meet up with you somewhere ✊😎im a retired old guy with nothing beter to do😂
We're going to visit BV again soon so we may see you there :)
im 29 mi from leadville whats a good spot between here and their
somewhere you want to meet for lunch? ill buy ✊
I want to mount a 40 lb propane tank watch the back of my class C motorhome. I'd like to put it in one of those cabinets that you see on the back of food trucks so Greg if you see this, what do those food trucks use for propane tank cabinets??? I can't find anything when I search for that. But I saw some Buyers vertical tool box that may work. And do they make rubber or braided propane hose like 30 ft long? Or should I use copper pipe all the way to the back??
Two comments about electrical :
90% of electrical problems are poor connections !
DC wire sizing tables are usually calculated with length of run being there and back i.e. if your Max air fan is ten feet away from the power source then that is a 20’ run on the wire sizing / amp tables . The fine print around the tables needs to be read . Oh yes, I just cant help it . VISE GRIPS ARE NOT CRIMPERS !!
Neither are needle nose! I had a friend who did all his wire crimps with pliers... I about had a stroke looking at them. I did the pull test and pulled 2 terminals in a row off - then we redid them all with crimpers :)
david im 20 mi west of buena vista on blm right now😎
powerstrips aren't rated for a lot of plug/unplug cycles, have to be replaced often. Most wire people use in their rv is rated for 60c. I wouldn't touch that. In a house you have to use 75c that is being changed to 90c. Personally would just use marine wire at 105c. But due to these wires not being in an 75f controlled environment, you really need 90c or higher rated wires. There are not many wire guage calculators that will do ambiant temp + wire temp rating + amp load + wire length all into consideration. (Example, general rule is 14awg wire handles 15amps for around 50ft, but at 100f outdoor temp, that wire using 60c lost 20% of it's rating, where 75c wire lost 12%, and 90c lost 10%, and at 105f that goes more insane, to 30% at 60c, 20% at 75c, and 12% at 90c)
That's a good point - the temps that are realized in a vehicle sitting in the sun are far beyond household temps.
well 🤷 im leaving buena vista heading up in leadville area🙃
Lithium phosphate vs lithium ion= new video😊
Coffee is better when you make it in a percolator over an open fire.
Did you smell or see the smoke from the fire and did you hear fire engines just curious
No - not here Tom...
they got a controlled burn going on on west side of hy im s of buena vista i gues
propane 👍👍
rubber can come apart and clog things😂
Do you grind your coffee ?
No, I've never done that.
I don’t normally grind my beans but I do own and carry a hand grinder in case I can’t find/buy ground coffee.
Do you have 2 fire extinguishers? Why not.
If you watched the video, I think he said he has 3.
run quality hose or steel line
Braided line is much better.
Oh how horrible. Who's cleaning it up and removing it?
Good question. I hope it gets cleaned soon so it doesn't get spread around.
I wonder if that rig had a Camp Chef stove?
Oooh, mean! Why don't you ask why he's waiting until Quartzsite to fix it, and tell him stories of every person who died at work 2 days before their retirement party?
Right!
@@EfficientRVer I'm not quite that mean! 😉
lithium battery overheated
People don't realize how the vibration of campers and rigs can make for a dangerous electrical environment.
Inaccessible wiring that can't be tightened regularly or is of bad workmanship or quality is hazardous.
There is no such thin as "too much safety margin" when it comes to electricity and gas.
The vibration is what needs to be overcome when doing vehicle wiring. It's just not the same as household wiring!
What's with the music? Getting a little too artsy fartsy for my taste
Omg, what is the intro music 🎵?
The music is listed in the video descriptions :)
@@TheCampulanceMan okay, I must have missed it.
ill bet lithium batterys caused the fire😂
Power strip alert...a given strip on daughters bed ignited..near disaster...only aluminum bodied CSA,ul certified with real outlets no pressure sockets. The 2 dollar specials...open one you will never use it...just strips to make contact minimal structure shouldn't be allowed. I see them often on computers cause they are cheap...just don't......
That is scary. I stopped using them years back after we had that incident.