Oven Fire

[Darrell Duck]

Has anyone had a problem with electrical fires out of the stove top when not in use or the fire alarm not going off during the fire

 

[F150MallardKid]

Looking at your oven, that is quite serious, I have a 1987 Mallard Travel Trailer and working on the exterior right now too repair those issues, what year and model is this Travel Trailer fire from? So I am wondering about my stove top and small oven on my Mallard, when I start to work on/go through the propane systems...good luck with your repairs...Scott, go Lions.

 

[JohnDar]

I can’t address the oven, but as for the smoke detector, what’s the manufactured date and when did you last change the battery? Unless it’s one of the more recent models with a built in LiH battery, they need to be changed at least annually.

Unless the oven fire generated a fair amount of smoke, a simple smoke detector mounted on the ceiling some distance away would be late to pick it up and activate.


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[wdk450]

This might be motivation to also replace the rather small fire extinguisher supplied with the rig (mine was/is mounted at the entrance door) with as large a fire extinguisher you can accommodate, and move the originally installed smaller one to right next to the stovetop. I also have a $200+ SELF DEPLOYING HALON extinguisher in the propane refrigerator outside compartment to snuff out any possible RV refrigerator fires.

My smoke detector tends to go off too often, but I have added a large head sheet metal screw that I can turn with my fingers to the turn and drop detector mounting from the ceiling. When the smoke detector screams off, I can get it down and face down on the carpet pretty quickly.

 

[JohnDar]

This might be motivation to also replace the rather small fire extinguisher supplied with the rig (mine was/is mounted at the entrance door) with as large a fire extinguisher you can accommodate, and move the originally installed smaller one to right next to the stovetop. I also have a $200+ SELF DEPLOYING HALON extinguisher in the propane refrigerator outside compartment to snuff out any possible RV refrigerator fires.

My smoke detector tends to go off too often, but I have added a large head sheet metal screw that I can turn with my fingers to the turn and drop detector mounting from the ceiling. When the smoke detector screams off, I can get it down and face down on the carpet pretty quickly.

When we had our 3670, the OEM detector above the steps would go off when we used the toaster. Removed it and installed better units on the bedroom and living room ceilings. Added a CO detector under the island.


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[jtmaddalena]

Has anyone had a problem with electrical fires out of the stove top when not in use or the fire alarm not going off during the fire

We had this happen tonight. Same center knob taught on fire in our north trail travel trailer. How are you able to resolve this issue? Did you contact heartland or did you end up going through suburban? Any information you have would be so helpful!
Thank you!

 

[wdk450]

I would contact as high up with Suburban as you can, telling them you have other reported instances of this dangerous situation on this forum. I would also consider reporting this to the NFPA (National Fire Protection Agency) regulatory agency, UL (Underwriters Laboratories ), and your State Fire Marshall's office.

 

[fluffywhitedogs]

Are these the older gas top/gas oven units or the new air fryer ones with the electric oven? Terrifying either way, and I’ll be replacing/upgrading my fire extinguisher!

 

[thomaslancaster50]

What Model/Floor plan/year is your unit? Do you have a serial # of the stove?