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Originally Posted by dstankov
There is however, no mention of running the hot water heater, furnace or refrigerator on LPG and all of those systems have open combustion chambers which are located somewhat inside the walls of the coach. I believe I would be more concerned about Carbon monoxide from those items than that generator.
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The water heater, furnace, and refrigerator are all specifically designed to operate safely and combust propane fuel without concern. They are all shielded and vented to the outside to vent CO away from the living quarters.
The generator is a different issue. It's nothing more than a portable unit strapped to a convenient available location on the chassis. The generator is located in very different locations on different coach floorplans. The only provision for safely directing the flow of toxic gasses and CO is the location of it's exhaust pipe. It's not intrinsically designed like the RV water heater, furnace, and refrigerator are to operate without giving it a thought.
While it's commonly used in RVs, the similar design is also used as a stand-alone unit in industrial and commercial applications. It's engine produces far more toxic gasses and CO in a few minutes, than all the other RV appliances combined produce in hours.
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