theteapackets
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Hopefully there is no-one else out there that would be so daft .. but having done it, I can't believe how easy it was so want to post a warning of sorts ...
Last week I changed the bedding on the drop down bed in our A class and had to switch the light above the bed on to see what I was doing. I think I then started checking cupboards or something, leaving the bed down, then just switched the 12v off above the door on my way out.
My husband then got in several days later in the daylight to pull it onto the drive to fill up with water, obviously putting the bed up. We put the 12v on to pull water through and then set off the Pitsford reservoir for the weekend. When we got there we could smell a plasticky burning smell, but couldn't track it down at all, so we opened the roof vent and switched the 12v off, thinking that we would clear the air and then put 12v on again, assuming that it was posibly to do with hot engine or something. We went off for a nice stroll and when we came back there was still a slight smell but not too strong anymore so we closed vent, put the 12v back on and sat down to have a cup of tea and read.
It wasn't until I reached up into the bed to pull out a pillow to lean against that we realised where the horrible smell was coming from - the light above the bed must have been on from when we switched 12v on and it had melted the whole light fitting, burnt a patch of the ceiling and melted a hole about 12" square into the pillow.
I keep going cold each time I think just how serious this could really have been ... if we'd left 12v on when we sent off for a walk ... if this had happened on the drive at home when no-one would have gone near the motorhome for days ...
Last week I changed the bedding on the drop down bed in our A class and had to switch the light above the bed on to see what I was doing. I think I then started checking cupboards or something, leaving the bed down, then just switched the 12v off above the door on my way out.
My husband then got in several days later in the daylight to pull it onto the drive to fill up with water, obviously putting the bed up. We put the 12v on to pull water through and then set off the Pitsford reservoir for the weekend. When we got there we could smell a plasticky burning smell, but couldn't track it down at all, so we opened the roof vent and switched the 12v off, thinking that we would clear the air and then put 12v on again, assuming that it was posibly to do with hot engine or something. We went off for a nice stroll and when we came back there was still a slight smell but not too strong anymore so we closed vent, put the 12v back on and sat down to have a cup of tea and read.
It wasn't until I reached up into the bed to pull out a pillow to lean against that we realised where the horrible smell was coming from - the light above the bed must have been on from when we switched 12v on and it had melted the whole light fitting, burnt a patch of the ceiling and melted a hole about 12" square into the pillow.
I keep going cold each time I think just how serious this could really have been ... if we'd left 12v on when we sent off for a walk ... if this had happened on the drive at home when no-one would have gone near the motorhome for days ...
