there was one case reported where the rear table swung around and turned on
the stove..
talk about a design oversight ! ..
the driver didn't know about it until he began to wonder why he was smelling
propane.

unless the fridge is on and in use....or some other appliance,
there's no reason to have the propane tank valve on while driving.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Mullendore" <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: Some potentially stupid actions

> Well, only the antiquated versions Westfalia used for the Vanagon campers.
> Three Euro models I've owned or now own - '84 Dehler Profi - '90 Syncro
> 16"
> Reimo - '86 Karmann Gipsy - all have flame-sensing on the cooktops. Why
> Westfalia didn't do it here is baffling. I once drove for a couple hours
> with propane spewing from the Westy cooktop after a mountain bike seat
> next
> to the knob turned it on. Yikes.
>
> Karl
> www.westyventures.com
>
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 20:21:42 -0700, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
> wrote:
>
>>Other than cooking devices, propane appliances are designed to shut off
>>all gas flow if there is no flame. RV fridges are included in this,
>>including our 30 year old Westy fridge designs. These have a "safety
>>valve". That is the button you push in and hold while lighting as this
>>over-rides the safety shutoff. After the flame is lit for a short time
>>the safety valve sees it and you can let go of the button. If the flame
>>later goes out the safety vale will see that and shut off all flow.
>>