Alistair,

I've had my westy fill with stinky propane after crossing a raised railroad
tracks, the side to side motion of the van swinging the rear table out and
the table end simultaneously striking, depressing and turning the rear
knob.

Jim

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 2:44 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> I disagree. The push in feature of the stove knobs is there to prevent
> accidental turning on of the stove burners.
>
> Alistair
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>
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> > On Mar 31, 2017, at 12:14 PM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote:
> >
> >        AND, on that note you just gotta ask WHY ALL European delivered
> Vamagon/T3 Westys had thermocouples on the stove burners !  That’s why the
> knobs push in !  North American Westys got the push in knobs, but no
> thermocouples !  THANKS probably to either the bean counters at VW or
> Westfalia !
> >
> >
> >> On Mar 31, 2017, at 9:57 AM, Automatic digest processor <
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >> Along that general line, good idea to put something behind the stove
> knobs
> >> so they can't be accidentally pressed in and turned.  Too easy either by
> >> accident or curious kids.  I've had both happen.
> >
> >
>