Carbon Monoxide issue with new TH
So on our trip over the holdays, aside from our water issues(posted in another thread) we had the carbon monoxide alarm go off both nights! 1st night we had the heater on (temp was in 20's), water ...
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Bedlam wrote:
Hmm? The LPG and CO alarms typically are wired to house power without their own batteries unless it's an aftermarket setup. The smoke detector usually is standalone battery powered with fancy units off house power with additional battery backup.
I'm just repeating what I read at the time...I don't know how old the rig was or anything.
That having been said:
I'm surprised to hear that in Rv's the practice is that alarms are wired to house batteries instead of to dedicated batteries of their own. Such a practice is illegal in stick-built structures since it means that if the primary power source fails (or is drained) there's no occupant protection.
