"Harry Bloomfield"  wrote in message 
news:mn.a57c7d84fa053803.86812@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk...
> Dougal explained :
>> Harry Bloomfield wrote:
>>
>>> Dougal was thinking very hard :
>>>
>>>> Harry Bloomfield wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> David@ home formulated the question :
>>>>>
>>>>> One particular heater had a known problem with its internal steel gas 
>>>>> feed pipe, which was exposed to the elements - corroding. When lit the 
>>>>> fire could leak gas and quickly set fire to the van with almost no 
>>>>> warning. Happened to me, luckily whilst checking things out in my 
>>>>> drive - just a few feet from a garden hose luckily and I was able to 
>>>>> extinguish. Had it happened in a field, the lot would have gone up, 
>>>>> rather than just a little charing to the underside.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Heater make and model(s)?   I think it's time I took a look!
>>>
>>>
>>> A good while ago, but I think it was a Carver of around 1985 vintage. 
>>> All the caravan parts stockists seemed to know of the problem and keep 
>>> the part in stock -just a short U of thin steel pipe in the bottom of 
>>> the heater which was exposed to salt and wet from the road.
>>
>> Thanks, Harry. I'm even more certain that I need to take a look.
>
> It seems I was correct with the make...
>
> I have just done a search on Carver + heater + corroded steel pipes and my 
> own Carver model suffers the problem too. So that is two of us needing to 
> do some checks underneath before further use.
>
> The pipes are only able to leak gas, when the appliance is actually in 
> use.
>

Not all models. Some have a problem with the supply pipe too.

Cheers

D
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