LP Detector electrical question.
We just bought an OLD class C and have been working on all of the systems to bring it back to life. One thing I know is that the house battery is dead, kaput, shot. But when we checked the breaker b...
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Trails And Tails wrote:
The detector is 12v, but honestly I'm not sure if the wiring runs through the panel box or not. I was under the impression that it is wired straight to the battery.
The chirping you got when you installed the fuse is telling you that the detector wiring runs through the panel box. Anything that is wired to the battery needs a fuse somewhere in the circuit, to protect that circuit.
A propane or CO alarm would be similar to a float switch and bilge pump in a boat, in that even when your ignition and battery switches are off they are (normally) still "on". On a boat you would have a float switch that would activate your bilge pump if water reached a certain level. They are usually wired directly to the battery but will still have a fuse somewhere in the circuit.
