RV TINY HOMES AND PROPANE HEATERS… ONE MAJOR PROBLEM – Methanethiol

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NOT THE WORST OF IT…

PROPANE LEAKS & RIGGING SWITCHES / VALVES….

INTO INTERIOR IS DEADLY…

EASILY DETECTED BY FINE SENSITIVE NOSES…

BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT…

DISCOUNTED…

TO DATE… DOESN’T SEEM THAT ANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEATERS MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE IN LEAKS…

I’VE TRIED MANY… BUT NOT ALL

BUT HERE’S THE WORST RUB OF IT…

RADIO SIGNALS SENT TO SWITCHES MAKING LEAKS SEEM LIKE NORMAL…

DURING THE NIGHT TIME WHEN MOST VULNERABLE TO BEING ASSAULTED WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE…

I’VE LEANED THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM…

TURN OFF THE MAIN ELECTRICAL BREAKER…

USE A SMALL ELECTRICAL SPACE HEATER IN YOUR SLEEPING QUARTERS…

OPEN A WINDOW AJAR…

AND

LAST NIGHT…

UNPLUGGED DISCONNECTED BOTH PROPANE TANKS FROM THE REGULATOR…

PAIN IN THE ASS…

BUT FIXED ALL THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERIOR PROPANE AND MERCAPTAN…

TURNS OUT I HAVE FIGURED OUT WHAT IS GOING ON…

PROPANE & ESPECIALLY MERCAPTAN UNDER HIGH PRESSURE IN PROPANE TANKS…

ERODES THE STEEL AND METAL…

NOT TOO MENTION THE RUBBER HOSES…

STEEL AND METAL IS WORST…

BECOMES PART OF THE FUEL THE HEATER USES, BUT CANNOT BURN IT…

SO IT LINGERS IN THE AIR…

BREATHING IT INTO YOUR LUNGS WHILE SLEEPING…

HENCE A MYRIAD NUMBER OF HEALTH ISSUES…

AND

I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE WTF ABOUT THE STATIC ELECTRICITY ON THE BED SHEETS….

TURNS OUT ALL OF THE INTERIOR PROPANE, MERCAPTAN AND METAL…

IS IONIZED…

COMPOUNDING THE DANGERS OF BREATHING THE AIR INTO CONFINED SPACES….

I CANNOT CONFIRM THIS AT THE MOMENT…

BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED WITH OTHER HEATING DEVICES THAT USES PROPANE AND NATURAL GAS IN HOUSES…

SUCH AS FURNACES…

I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY TIME IN SOME TYPE OF RV OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS…

NOT HOUSES….

DITTO FOR CAMPING STOVES(THIS ONE I CAN CONFIRM LEAKS) AND PROBABLY BBQ’s TOO…

WHAT MAKES ALL THIS TERRIBLE IS THE METAL WEARING OUT FROM THE INSIDE THINKING IT IS ALL NORMAL…

IGNORANCE WILL KILL YOU !!!

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