Dripping Ceiling Vents; Fire Safety - Fleetwood EXPEDITION User Manual

To increase ventilation:
1.
Use the kitchen and bath exhaust fans, if
equipped, when cooking or bathing. Let
them run for a \\(hile after a bath or meal.
2. Ventilate with outside air. Partially open
one or more roof vents andlor windows to
provide circulation of outside air into the
interior. While this ventilation will
increase furnace heating load, it will
greatly reduce, or eliminate, condensation.
Even when it is raining or snowing, out-
side air will be far drier than interior air
and will effectively reduce condensation.
3. Do not tape windows or doors closed.
This will prevent any air movement and
will make the condensation problem
worse.
4. Ventilate closets and cabinets. During
use in cold weather, leave cabinet and
closet doors partially open to warm and
ventilate the interiors of storage com-
partments built against exterior walls.
The air flow will warm the exterior wall
surface, and reduce condensation, and
prevent possible ice formation. Avoid
crowding closets or wardrobe space.
Overstuffed closets restrict air flow.
5. Stock kitchen and bath cabinets to allow
free air circulation.
6. Open window coverings and windows
as often as possible and convenient.
7. Control the interior heat. Here are some
tips on controlling humidity with heat:
• Keep registers and the furnace blower
clean and unobstructed. This helps air
circulation.
• Do not operate a humidity device on
your furnace.
Dripping Ceiling Vents
During cold weather condensation frequently
forms on ceiling vents and may even accumulate
to the point of dripping onto the surfaces below.
Living With Your Motor Home
This is frequently misinterpreted as a "leaking"
roof vent but is most often condensation drip-
page. Follow the preceding steps to control
moisture condensation, and protect surfaces with
plastic sheeting until the moisture has dissipated.
FIRE SAFETY
The hazard and possibility of fire exists in all
areas of life, and the recreational life-style is no
exception. Your RV is a complex machine made
up of many materials, some of them flammable.
But like most hazards, the possibility of fire can
be minimized, if not totally eliminated, by recog-
nizing the danger and practicing common sense,
safety and maintenance habits.
The fire extinguisher furnished with your RV is
rated for Class B (gasoline, diesel fuel, grease,
flammable liquids) and Class C (electrical) fires.
Read the instructions on the fire extinguisher.
Know where it is located and how and when to
use it. Remember that portable fire extinguishers
are intended for use by the occupants of a build-
ing or area that is threatened by fire. They are
most valuable when used immediately on small
fires. They have a limited amount of fire-extin-
guishing material, and therefore must be used
properly so this material is not wasted.
WARNING
Urethane foam is flammable!
Do not expose urethane foams to open flames or any
other direct or indirect high temperature sources of
ignition such as burning operations, welding, burning
cigarettes, space heaters or unprotected electric light
bulbs.
Once ignited, urethane foams will burn rapidly, .releas-
ing great heat and consuming oxygen very qUickly.
In an enclosed space the resulting deficiency of oxy-
gen will present a danger of suffocation to the occu-
pants. Hazardous gases released by the
b~rnln~
foam can be incapacitating or fatal to human beings If
inhaled in sufficient quantities.
Fire extinguishers are pressurized, mechanical
devices. They must be handled with care and
treated with respect. They must be maintained as
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