R-pod Owners Forum : Burnt up A/C Unit https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Miscellaneous / Off-topic : Burnt up A/C Unit Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:29:19 +0000 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:32:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1566 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ Burnt up A/C Unit : Originally posted by David... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13256#13256 Author: tpierce220
Subject: 1566
Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 8:32pm

Originally posted by David and Danette

   I thought it may not of been the AC but a fire inside and the heat trapped and vented out the roof through the AC. Maybe the fire was started from something else inside the trailer. Does that sound possible what ever it was I hope no person or animal was hurt.     David and Danette

I was thinking the same thing.  Perhaps the people left something on the stove and left the camper forgetting to turn the thing off.  I did that at home once not too long ago...I was making steel cut oatmeal for breakfast, which takes forever to cook.  I was planning on taking it with me as we were meeting up with a friend to go see Tron.  I get to the movie theatre, start watching the movie, and realize that my stomach was growling.  I sat there thinking to myself how I shouldn't be hungry as I had oat...crap.  

Thankfully, the oatmeal was on low when we left and the pan was rather cooked when we got back home, but stuff like that can and does happen and can start a fire.  I can remember getting close to home and seeing the house about a mile out still standing.  I would have been crushed if the house burned down, but I'd feel even worse if something happened to the two kitties.

Let's hope that nothing bad happened other than the trailer.  Trailers, like houses, can be replaced.  A life cannot.

Tim
]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:32:22 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13256#13256 Burnt up A/C Unit : I thought it may not of been the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13254#13254 Author: David and Danette
Subject: 1566
Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 7:47pm

   I thought it may not of been the AC but a fire inside and the heat trapped and vented out the roof through the AC. Maybe the fire was started from something else inside the trailer. Does that sound possible what ever it was I hope no person or animal was hurt.     David and Danette]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:47:03 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13254#13254 Burnt up A/C Unit : Originally posted by OutboundIt... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13253#13253 Author: Guests
Subject: 1566
Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 4:59pm

Originally posted by Outbound

It sounds like noone was hurt, which is the most important thing.  Hopefully the r-pod's insured.
 
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It could have been caused by a number of things and I have not heard of this before, regarding the A/C units.  Hopefully, this is a rare and isolated case.
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Subject: 1566
Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 4:06pm

It sounds like noone was hurt, which is the most important thing.  Hopefully the r-pod's insured.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:06:19 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13252#13252 Burnt up A/C Unit : I agree, unfortunately, that is... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13251#13251 Author: jjbescher
Subject: 1566
Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 2:35pm

I agree, unfortunately, that is all the details I have.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:35:26 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13251#13251 Burnt up A/C Unit : It sure would be nice to know... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13250#13250 Author: Goose
Subject: 1566
Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 2:33pm

It sure would be nice to know the details, just for safety. We have gone out for the afternoon and left the air on low to keep the POD from getting real warm. Now I wonder if that is a wise thing to do.        Goose  Ermm

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Subject: 1566
Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 11:41am

Whoa.  Not good.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:41:18 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13248#13248 Burnt up A/C Unit : The following was on the disboards... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1566&PID=13247#13247 Author: jjbescher
Subject: 1566
Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 8:02am

The following was on the disboards that someone posted on their trip report about camping at FOrt Wilderness in Walt Disney World.  Hopefully it was not anyone here.

Went through the 800 loop, where there was an R-POD camper right on the corner. We noticed a small wisp of smoke/steam? coming out of the a/c. Trevor & Jordan said "It's probably steam" It kind of nagged at me through the whole loop, but as we came out the other side, a lady jogging by had flagged down a disney worker to check it out, so we drove on. By the time we went through the 900 loop, we heard the sirens! We went back that way just in time to see a worker bust in the door, and the flames inside! I didn't take any pics as I thought that would be tacky. Thank God, no one was in there. I felt terrible thinking of the poor people who were going to come back to that. Later on, there was crime tape roped around it, the next morning it was gone, with just a small pile of ash where it sat. What a bummer!
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