Burning of candles on boats

[Sea Dog]

On 01/03/2017 at 17:28, Mike the Boilerman said:

I find it curious how people are so worried by gas fridges where the pilot light is about the same size as a candle flame (but blue, so producing a tiny fraction of the CO chucked out by a candle flame), yet see no CO risk in burning half a dozen candles at once.

And when did anyone last knock over a gas fridge and set light to the curtains, eh?

[alan_fincher]

On 01/03/2017 at 11:20, matty40s said:

It's not often we get a 4 foot swell on the canals, even on Tixall Wide.

 

On 01/03/2017 at 11:45, ditchcrawler said:

You do if you moor near the ends of the Bridgewater Canal

 

Probably best not to use them in Brayford Pool, though!

[MtB]

2 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

And when did anyone last knock over a gas fridge and set light to the curtains, eh?

 

I dunno but it certainly seems to happen to gas cookers. This is why there is a regulation requiring them to be chained to the wall or otherwise fixed in position. No longer allowed to be fully freestanding!

But the CO risk I was commenting about doesn't arise from knocking over either the candle, or the fridge!