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Important Safety Precautions
•Carbon Monoxide is produced by the incomplete combustion of fuels such as
wood, charcoal, coal, heating oil, paraffin, gasoline, natural gas, propane, butane,
etc.
•Ideally, it is recommended that a Carbon Monoxide detector should be installed
in or near every room that has a fuel burning appliance such as any room heaters,
water heaters, cookers, grills, etc.
•Ensure that the alarm horn can be heard by all those who are intended to hear it.
Seek medical help if it is suspected that a user of the RV is suffering from Carbon
Monoxide poisoning.
•If the alarm sounds, make sure to investigate the problem. Ignoring the alarm
may result in sickness, injury, or death. (CO may be present even if nothing is seen
or smelled by the user.)
•Room spaces should be well ventilated when household cleaning supplies are
used as these may cause a false alarm.
What Is Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a highly poisonous gas that is released when fuels are
burned. It is invisible, has no smell, and is therefore, very difficult to detect with
the human senses. Under normal conditions, in a room where fuel-burning app-
liances are well maintained and correctly ventilated, the amount of CO released
into the room by appliances is not dangerous.
These fuels include: wood, coal, charcoal, oil, natural gas, gasoline, kerosene, and
propane. Common appliances are often sources of CO. If they are not properly
maintained, are improperly ventilated, or malfunction, CO levels can rise quickly.
CO is a real danger in air-tight trailers with added insulation, sealed windows, and
other weatherproofing that can trap CO inside.
Overnight Stop
Crawler owners have parked virtually in every place imaginable, from filling
stations to farmlands. In time, you’ll develop a knack for spying wonderful little
roadside locations by turning off the main highway and exploring.
There are many modern parks, including State, County, and Federal parks with
good facilities where you might obtain hookups of electrical, water, and sewer
connections. Directories are published which describe in detail these parks and
tell what is available in the way of services and hookups.
On overnight or weekend trips, chances are you will not use up the capacity of
the sewage holding tank, deplete the water supply, or run down the batteries that
supply the 12-volt current.
On a longer trip, when you have stayed where sewer connections and utility
hookups were not available, it will be necessary for you to stop from time to time
to dispose of the waste in the holding tank and replenish the water supply. Many
truck stops and gas stations, chain and individually owned, have installed sanitary
dumping stations for just this purpose. Booklets are available that list these
dumping stations.
When stopping for the night, your Crawler is built to be safely parked in any spot
that is relatively level and where the ground his firm. Your facilities are with you.
You are self-contained. Unless the tow vehicle is needed for transportation, it is
not necessary to unhitch.
TRC
458
Safety
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