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Norcold recalls fixed, then fire

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In response to that question, we had attended to ALL of the recalls.
Food for thought is that someone on this forum mentioned that their incident was caused by damage to the refer when a recall component was installed. So, what to do? Suffer corrosive leakage or puncture leakage?
Other brands have had similar recalls. If you have another brand, do not be lulled into thinking you are safe. Other makes seem not to have been installed as often in higher-end coaches like ours, although I personally know at least one CC owner that has the other major brand. If you were involved with other forums, you likely would find similar discussions about the other refer brand(s).
Keep in mind, though, discussion on this subject has not been encouraged by the industry or its beneficiaries, and victims lucky enough to survive these incidents tend to disappear from the arena without discussion.

s/Terry with the etc.
 

Re: Norcold recalls fixed, then fire

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Yahoo Message Number: 80185
Terry,

Speaking of food for thought here is a couple of things to consider.
In my 11 years of full-timing the only RV fire that I actually witnessed was caused by the HydroHot. The unit has no fusible linked shutoff valve or any fuel line shut off valve for that matter. It also uses fuel lines that can melt and run from the tank through the rails and down to the unit. In this case the fuel line started to leak while the diesel burner was running. The initial fire then burned off the fuel line and a very nice blaze got going. Fortunately it was in the late afternoon in a crowded RV park and neighbors quickly alerted the young lady inside taking a shower There have been other similar incidents. In a stick house the fuel line from the tank to the oil burner has to be copper.
Here is another fire related recall issued by CC. Probably most will remember it. CC had used neoprene tubing to connecting the regulator at the front of the stove back to the gas piping in the wall. It ran little more that an inch under the burners. When I had my recall done the tubing was nearly burned through. The recall was to replace it with copper. The tech said it was the worst one the had seen. You said ALL recalls but are you sure that one was done?
Also what seems strange to me is in all the discussion about exit signed windows with red latches, nobody questioned the door. it is after all the biggest exit in most coaches. Why is it not marked with the signs and red latches? Oh we say, people don't need to be reminded of that one but why not. It can't hurt. Somebody in a panic might mistakenly think that because it isn't marked you are not supposed to use it.
While this is stretching a point a bit, I remember in my teens two fires in our several homes. One was caused by a leaking fuel supply to an oil burner and the other... You might guess. It was our residential refrigerator. Life is full of risks from conception to death. Part of the trick of survival is weighing the odds.

Don Seager

2004 Allure 31046