Ford F834 Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 Not much to catch fire except the wiring up under the dash. :shrug Bricks don't get the same amount of nesting in the ductwork because of the polka dot cowl , and we don't have ammeters with all the current shunted through. I'm not certain of all the differences when a diesel harness is installed Jim, the IDI wiring is really minimal, probably the simplest of any Bricknose truck. The glow plug system does draw a lot, but I’ve never heard of it starting a fire and it’s not in the dash. I do wonder about the turbo down pipe and the plastic heater box since the one in my F-Superduty is melted through, but Mark had been using this truck for some time with no issues before this happened. It would have had to be a fresh exhaust leak (and a bad one) to do something like that. I really just don’t know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Just a little back story on this link.... Stu (Don Claustro-2 on this forum) sent it to me. He used to work fire and rescue and is a great resource for all things fire safety. I had a scary close call in our “laundry camper” and he said these are great for RV owners, sheds or shop buildings etc., (look at the ones with lower temperature sprinkled heads than the ones for engine bays). I was doing some work on our temporary living space and vibrations from the washing machine spin cycle rearranged some things in the camper. A moving blanket ended up on top of a halogen work light that was on. As it just so happened I was washing dishes, and went outside to give some chicken scraps to our dogs. They didn’t come when I called, so I walked around the corner to put the scraps in their feeder. I saw smoke pouring from the windows and open door. Had I gone out there just a minute or so later this would be a very different kind of post. We would have lost everything. Due to the locations of the septic drop and the power supply panels we have everything clustered. We have multiple propane tanks connected with rubber hoses. I know that BLEVE’s are rare, but each tank with an open valve and hose would have become a fire spreading blow torch at the very least. The only thing we could have done is RUN... Lessons learned. I’m getting rid of all of my halogen work lights. They have no switch, and I didn’t unplug it because I was multi tasking and coming and going. I want a cooler, safer light that I can easily switch off when I walk away. I am looking at options to place things a little better, connect propane with steel lines, and add two egress doors. I’ve talked to the grandkids extensively about fire, but we need to work on evacuation drills. I am thinking about ordering some of these automatic extinguishers for our campers, and possibly adding a quick and dirty PEX line sprinkler system in the mobile. I will definitely be engineering a sprinkler system in our new house. There are LOTS of house fires out here in Golden Valley, and I don’t think I’ve seen one yet that wasn’t a total loss... and worse yet people have lost their lives. Stu told me after working fire and rescue that you really don’t want to have to live with yourself if someone gets hurt and you didn’t do everything possible to prevent fire and have a good evacuation plan. He also said sprinklers are extremely helpful. They turn most situations into a non-event. Anyway, rant over... but it wouldn’t hurt us to think outside of our trucks to our homes and loved ones, and our work shops with flammable chemicals, batteries etc., Jonathan - Wow! Glad you caught it when you did! And I sure understand your desire to put systems in the to-be house as well as where you are living now. It would be just absolutely devastating to lose a home, but so very much more to lose a loved one. As for the pricing, thanks. I'd missed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Just a little back story on this link.... Stu (Don Claustro-2 on this forum) sent it to me. He used to work fire and rescue and is a great resource for all things fire safety. I had a scary close call in our “laundry camper” and he said these are great for RV owners, sheds or shop buildings etc., (look at the ones with lower temperature sprinkled heads than the ones for engine bays). I was doing some work on our temporary living space and vibrations from the washing machine spin cycle rearranged some things in the camper. A moving blanket ended up on top of a halogen work light that was on. As it just so happened I was washing dishes, and went outside to give some chicken scraps to our dogs. They didn’t come when I called, so I walked around the corner to put the scraps in their feeder. I saw smoke pouring from the windows and open door. Had I gone out there just a minute or so later this would be a very different kind of post. We would have lost everything. Due to the locations of the septic drop and the power supply panels we have everything clustered. We have multiple propane tanks connected with rubber hoses. I know that BLEVE’s are rare, but each tank with an open valve and hose would have become a fire spreading blow torch at the very least. The only thing we could have done is RUN... Lessons learned. I’m getting rid of all of my halogen work lights. They have no switch, and I didn’t unplug it because I was multi tasking and coming and going. I want a cooler, safer light that I can easily switch off when I walk away. I am looking at options to place things a little better, connect propane with steel lines, and add two egress doors. I’ve talked to the grandkids extensively about fire, but we need to work on evacuation drills. I am thinking about ordering some of these automatic extinguishers for our campers, and possibly adding a quick and dirty PEX line sprinkler system in the mobile. I will definitely be engineering a sprinkler system in our new house. There are LOTS of house fires out here in Golden Valley, and I don’t think I’ve seen one yet that wasn’t a total loss... and worse yet people have lost their lives. Stu told me after working fire and rescue that you really don’t want to have to live with yourself if someone gets hurt and you didn’t do everything possible to prevent fire and have a good evacuation plan. He also said sprinklers are extremely helpful. They turn most situations into a non-event. Anyway, rant over... but it wouldn’t hurt us to think outside of our trucks to our homes and loved ones, and our work shops with flammable chemicals, batteries etc., There's a good reason the electric code doesn't allow incandescent fixtures in closets anymore! Honestly, with how far LED has come in the past decade there's no reason any of us should be wasting 10x the energy so we can see. I'm not so sure about residential sprinklers until people change materials. I've seen too many I-joist/OSB/blown fill houses completely demolished because sprinklers for a contained fire saturated the structure and turned it to pulp. I'm not going to get into a political or philosophical rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts