Chemical attack robbery (2 Viewers)

[Gromett]

Assuming someone introduced a flammable gas into the living quarters of a MH, then the gas should not be able to reach the flame of the fridge.

Because if the gas could reach the flame, then looking at it the other way round, the products of combustion from the flame would be able to get into the living quarters, which they should not.

If it's a well made van with a fridge properly installed you are correct. I know of at least 6 vans where the there is a breeze from around the fridge when it is windy. It is common for fridges not to be installed properly and not just on cheap models...

( apparently ) the most commonly used ( sic ! ) gas is NOS ( Nitrous Oxide ) and that is not flammable ..In fact it will put out flames as they are deprived of oxygen

NOS not flammable? I thought is was quite explosive hence using it in cars to make em go faster. Guessing high temp and pressure required then? Learn something new every day.

 

[Derbyshire wanderer]

If it's a well made van with a fridge properly installed you are correct. I know of at least 6 vans where the there is a breeze from around the fridge when it is windy. It is common for fridges not to be installed properly and not just on cheap models...



NOS not flammable? I thought is was quite explosive hence using it in cars to make em go faster. Guessing high temp and pressure required then? Learn something new every day.

Nitrous isn't flammable, it's high oxygen content when injected under pressure makes the fuel burn hotter.

 

[superfozzy]

I think we have been gassed.

After rolling in to van at 3am nissed as a pewt woke up up later on with splitting headache and found the wife's sense of humour had been stolen.

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[Jaws]

If it's a well made van with a fridge properly installed you are correct. I know of at least 6 vans where the there is a breeze from around the fridge when it is windy. It is common for fridges not to be installed properly and not just on cheap models...



NOS not flammable? I thought is was quite explosive hence using it in cars to make em go faster. Guessing high temp and pressure required then? Learn something new every day.

No mate..
Only under high temperature and pressure.. and then it is not so much inflammable as a really good oxidizer

 

[DanielFord]

NOS not flammable? I thought is was quite explosive hence using it in cars to make em go faster. Guessing high temp and pressure required then? Learn something new every day.

NOS systems used in cars are generally a 'Forced Induction' system, similar to a turbo. The NOS is fired across a jet to increase suction, and hence deliver more fuel to the piston. That's my understanding anyway.

 

[mikekaren2]

Did anyone ever manage to sleep in a respirator? When I was BEME of 20 Armd Bde (them with the pink jumper) I had a "Doggy Box" built on a trailer and it was gas proof (honestly) so I was safe inside without one.

Yep I did during Exercise Lionheart (but then again I'm ex RHA) artillery can sleep through anything!!!

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[Cobweb]

Sometimes in very windy conditions we get a weird smell when the fridge is running on gas ....it is not a gas smell but we know that is the source . We usually reposition the van so that the fridge is not on the windy side . We have 2 CO alarms and they have never gone off but better safe than sorry .

 

[superfozzy]

Yep I did during Exercise Lionheart (but then again I'm ex RHA) artillery can sleep through anything!!!

Me too, ex 1st RHA, so can polish anything.

 

[mikekaren2]

Me too, ex 1st RHA, so can polish anything.

I better not stand still for to long!

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[Funnymunny]

If gas was being used to put people to sleep in motorhomes or whatever then by now we would have had fatalities, it is impossible to fill such an area and not either kill people or leave evidence of gas.

We have not had either so far so for me it is a load of tosh.

 

[Judge Mental]

Not enough of it........... Whatever it is!

go to France! it is a available everywhere by the bucket load..the whole country stinks of it..the filthy swine

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Sometimes in very windy conditions we get a weird smell when the fridge is running on gas ....it is not a gas smell but we know that is the source . We usually reposition the van so that the fridge is not on the windy side . We have 2 CO alarms and they have never gone off but better safe than sorry .

Usually is a weird smell in windy conditions. Depends on either the curry or the breed of dog, though......

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[DBK]

Yep I did during Exercise Lionheart (but then again I'm ex RHA) artillery can sleep through anything!!!

Me too, ex 1st RHA, so can polish anything.

I was in Belize with someone from 1 RHA, Dick Lamb, he was a Major then but came back as a Brigadier later as CBF. Anyway, he had a cartoon on his office wall which showed a couple of "Hun" crouching and a horse flying over their heads. The caption was something like "Gott un Himmel, the British are firing horses at us now". He also had another one with the caption "Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a bloody brawl." Happy days and at least no NBC in Belize unless you include the after effects of some of the local beers and cooking.

 

[tonyidle]

NOS systems used in cars are generally a 'Forced Induction' system, similar to a turbo. The NOS is fired across a jet to increase suction, and hence deliver more fuel to the piston. That's my understanding anyway.

No - under combustion conditions it's an oxidiser. In other words it's like injecting a large amount of oxygen (and fuelling is upped dramatically to cope with it).

 

[DanielFord]

No - under combustion conditions it's an oxidiser. In other words it's like injecting a large amount of oxygen (and fuelling is upped dramatically to cope with it).

You see now you are making me late for bed, because I am now going to research NOS systems for cars!

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