Its not even a Vanagon...

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:34 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 10:00 AM 11/5/2010  -0400, george jannini wrote:
>
>>  Picture, shmicture-I want to see the a marshall's report regarding
>> this incident.
>>
>
> To put some rough numbers on it -- there are about eight million RVs
> on the road in the US and roughly 3100 fires per year, of which three
> quarters are caused by 12v electrical systems.
>
> So roughly one in every 2600 RVs has a fire each year, and roughly
> one in every 10,000 has a fire that is not caused by 12 volt
> electrical systems.
>
> The major cause of house fires is cooking.  I *suspect* that the
> major non-electrical cause of RV fires is also cooking.
>
> Incidentally the USFA reports that the major cause of outdoor fires
> between 2003 and 2007 is intentionally set fires and unintentionally
> set fires.  I'd say that was a safe bet.
>
> Yours,
> David
>

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Jake

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