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Tractor Trailer fires

Discussion in 'Truckers News' started by sweetpea, Apr 16, 2014.

  1. Apr 16, 2014 #1
    sweetpea

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    I would like information on any and all truck fires, especially engine fires. I am trying to find out if the DPF system is causing these engine fires. If you just see a truck fire and tell me what road and maybe a town or nearby town I can find out more about it. Thanks in advance
    Sweetpea
     
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  3. Apr 16, 2014 #2
    Cranky Yankee

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    more often than not truck fires are caused by overheated brakes
    there were not any less fires before DPF systems came along
     
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  4. Apr 16, 2014 #3
    1988mustangfan

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    Good thread
     
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  5. Apr 16, 2014 #4
    CondoCruiser

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    Most fires are caused by an electrical short than anything. There is a lot of power feed wiring before it hits a fuse or circuit breaker. I'd say the #1 truck stop fires are from poorly installed inverters. Someone that is not that electrical savvy will run the cables through the floor not thinking about the metal grounded floor rubbing a hole in insulation of the main hot cable over time or might have the wrong size cabling that overheats.

    Other causes could be brakes or a fuel leak. I kind of doubt the DPF system is causing fires. Even if they were stopped up and producing excess heat the system is shielded. You can run a fireplace through a wooden roof with a double insulated stainless steel pipe and not burn the house down. I'm sure the engineers have that part under control. Vibration and corrosion is a truck's enemy.
     
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  7. Apr 16, 2014 #5
    Cranky Yankee

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    forgot about inverters
    undersized wire probably main culprit there
     
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  8. Apr 17, 2014 #6
    STexan

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    Inverters ... incorrectly wired, and just plain go bad internally ... probably overloaded long-term and the overload protection fails to shut off the inverter and they get hot to the point of being able to ignite things internally or adjacent.
     
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  9. Apr 17, 2014 #7
    Winkjr

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    Sweet pea find out what happened in California. They say the truck was on fire before it crashed. Maybe it was the DPF.
     
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  10. Apr 18, 2014 #8
    sweetpea

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    One of the companies that made some of the DPF closed their doors and went out of business because the DPF was causing grass fires. Other vehicles that run on diesel are also having fire problems because of the clean air parts put on them. The FedEx truck fire here in VA, the smoke was coming out of the sleeper, it was not a tire fire. I watched this fire from the cameras on VDOT 511 system and the tires were fine, it was the cab. Thanks for all the post and I would love more responses
     
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  11. Apr 18, 2014 #9
    sweetpea

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    If your chimney gets stopped up and you continue to burn wood, your chimney and house will catch fire, so it could be the same with the DPF system or other systems for the clean air.
     
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