jimandsue60
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- Aug 1, 2007
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I was told that this could be a problem but never thought it would happen to me! When we were getting our Eagle Sean Dempsey of Go AnyWhere suggested that we get the flourescent light upgrade due to fire hazards.
I didn't think much of it at that point. We do carry our mountain bikes in the camper when traveling. Somehow my handle bar hit the light switch (while traveling) on the right side of the roof and proceded to melt thru the light lens and then melt the right front inside window cover. It did not go thru to the clear or screen cover but did get my attention. This could easily happen if storage containers were placed on the couch if they were stacked high enough to hit the lite switch.
I had left the master switch on so my aux Waeco 12 volt fridge/freezer could run.
This could have been a major problem if I had not gone into the camper to get a beer oh I mean some water. I was able to smell the problem before the melting went all the way thru the side wall.
I think that there could be an easy fix for this, maybe disabling the lights when the top is down and still be able to use the 12 volt plug in above the fridge?? And obviously not allowing anything to turn the switch to the light on.
So I have 3 questions:
What flouresecent lites is fwc using?
Is there a repair kit for the grey sidewall fabric?
Are there any better suggestions to prevent this?
I will post some pictures soon.
Thanks
Jim
I didn't think much of it at that point. We do carry our mountain bikes in the camper when traveling. Somehow my handle bar hit the light switch (while traveling) on the right side of the roof and proceded to melt thru the light lens and then melt the right front inside window cover. It did not go thru to the clear or screen cover but did get my attention. This could easily happen if storage containers were placed on the couch if they were stacked high enough to hit the lite switch.
I had left the master switch on so my aux Waeco 12 volt fridge/freezer could run.
This could have been a major problem if I had not gone into the camper to get a beer oh I mean some water. I was able to smell the problem before the melting went all the way thru the side wall.
I think that there could be an easy fix for this, maybe disabling the lights when the top is down and still be able to use the 12 volt plug in above the fridge?? And obviously not allowing anything to turn the switch to the light on.
So I have 3 questions:
What flouresecent lites is fwc using?
Is there a repair kit for the grey sidewall fabric?
Are there any better suggestions to prevent this?
I will post some pictures soon.
Thanks
Jim