we have owned two TEC weltbummlers in the last 3 years, the first was a twin axle a terrific van and towed without fault,two trips to la manga and torre del mar without effort.build quality was very good as it was lived in for nearly two years and only had to replace a waterpump when we returned to the uk we decided to downsize (BIG MISTAKE)and decided to stick with the make we knew so well.We traded our twin axle for a single axle.plus it had two fitted single beds,these were proper singles I hasten to ad not the british type. these beds took a 6 foot 20 stone adult in comfort.Anyway we took delivery of a new 510 HTE creation.in July 05 ,we had twelve months of trouble free caravaning,and you cannot say that about to many english vans can you,unless you know different? Anyway aug 06 we had just returnd from a four day break and parked up outside our front door went in and put the kettle on and went back outside to unload the van of our belongings only to find yellow and orange smoke coming from the skylight of the caravan,I opened the door of the van carefully to find the green coloured plastic cover of the transformer/charger which was located under one of the very comfortable single beds was melted and aflame and running towards the centre of the caravan,my only thought was to remove the car which was still attached while shouting to my wife to call the fire service which took 20 mins to arrive,I also removed the gas bottle from the front locker.....I never travel with this connected.
the outcome of all this was the van was burnt to the road everything that could go bang did go bang including tyres,aerosols tins of peaches and beans everything that could melt did melt CDs radio DVDs and player and a host of other items,if you want a list I will send you one.
But the cause of the fire in my mind was that some object which was stored under the bed shorted out the transformer/charger thus creating an inferno.luckily I was insured with NFU and was back on the road with a new van within 14 days but sadly not with a weltbbummler..
the outcome of all this was the van was burnt to the road everything that could go bang did go bang including tyres,aerosols tins of peaches and beans everything that could melt did melt CDs radio DVDs and player and a host of other items,if you want a list I will send you one.
But the cause of the fire in my mind was that some object which was stored under the bed shorted out the transformer/charger thus creating an inferno.luckily I was insured with NFU and was back on the road with a new van within 14 days but sadly not with a weltbbummler..
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