I have a 2014 Northstar truck camper and have been getting alarms of a steady beep now and then. The red warning light come and remains on until I depress the test button. I have checked each propane connection with soap and water and no sign of any leaks. I have also checked the tank and the alarm occasionally goes off even when the tank is turned off. The detector is hard wired into the batteries and the batteries are above 13 amps at all times as they are solar powered. I have purchased a First Alert 10year detector and placed it very near the hardwired one and it does not alarm at all. I'm thinking the that even though the hardwired detector that is OEM is only 2 years old it may be bad. I have purchased a OEM and hopefully that will correct the problem.What say you?

Pretty sure solar power does not work at night and these detectors should be called audible low battery voltage detectors...but after13 years on here you probably know that.

We have found that ours is hyper sensitive and will start alarming if we spray Lysol, or any other type of aerosol spray like off bug spray. Almost any odor seems to set it off. One time it just beeped non stop and I disconnected the battery for about 10 seconds and reconnected and it has not beeped since as long as we don't spray anything near it.

Checking all your LPG connections is a good idea but has nothing to do with a CO detector. The CO detector reads the gas as a result of combustion.When the detector alerts, is there any combustion going on? Water heater? Furnace? Generator?

Propane detectors get very sensitive as they get older. Ours went off with a wine spill, when it went nuts over a dog fart I decided to replace it.

In 7 years I had to replace mine twice. I also had to disconnect it for a great many weeks while a serious amount of bathroom caulk set and stopped giving off odors.

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delwhjr
Explorer
Jun 05, 2017
We found out that ours was sensitive to anything we sprayed that had any type of gas propellant. Was using a can of Dust-Off and it went nuts. Also, items using iso-butane as a propellant set it off.
SusanDallas
Explorer
Jun 05, 2017
I had the same problem with my travel trailer. I called the dealer and he told me that my battery was low. I told the dealer that my battery still showed that it was 3/4 charged. The dealer told me to plug back up to shore power and see if the carbon monoxide detector stopped beeping. It stopped beeping so now I keep my trailer plugged in.
JimK-NY
Explorer II
Jun 05, 2017
In 7 years I had to replace mine twice. I also had to disconnect it for a great many weeks while a serious amount of bathroom caulk set and stopped giving off odors.
rbrand
Explorer
Jun 05, 2017
Propane detectors get very sensitive as they get older. Ours went off with a wine spill, when it went nuts over a dog fart I decided to replace it.
beemerphile1
Explorer
Jun 05, 2017
Checking all your LPG connections is a good idea but has nothing to do with a CO detector. The CO detector reads the gas as a result of combustion.

When the detector alerts, is there any combustion going on? Water heater? Furnace? Generator?
wrgrs50s
Explorer
Jun 05, 2017
We have found that ours is hyper sensitive and will start alarming if we spray Lysol, or any other type of aerosol spray like off bug spray. Almost any odor seems to set it off. One time it just beeped non stop and I disconnected the battery for about 10 seconds and reconnected and it has not beeped since as long as we don't spray anything near it.
Ivylog
Explorer III
Jun 05, 2017
Pretty sure solar power does not work at night and these detectors should be called audible low battery voltage detectors...but after13 years on here you probably know that.

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