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Old 03-01-2008, 01:38 PM   #16
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RE: NEW Propane Refrigerator Installation

It's a pretty small place behind the reefer where any gas could collect.

I have seen a few explosions in my day (not propane) and I quite believe what I said about expecting a propane explosion back there to be more of a puff out the vents than a rip roaring explosion with the brisiance of high explosives. But firstly, I fully believe that anything less than a fully cut-through gas line is going to have a hard time generating anything like an explosive mixture back there because the huge vent there makes it almost like the darned thing is sitting in the open air - something a below-decks reefer cannot boast.

Just watch the Myth Busters shooting tracer ammo through a cloud of released propane to see how hard it is to create an explosion.

Mr Murphy is why I have installed the redundant safety of a propane sensor with auto-shutdown in addition to the reefer's own auto-shutdown system.

He is also why every inch of supply hose is extremely well guarded against chafe.
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