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Buckleup
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Sep 11, 2014

Carbon dioxide detector

Our 2013 Puma 5th wheel has an overly sensitive carbon dioxide detector. It goes off in the wee hours of the morning several times and we cannot find the reason for its sensitivity. We have moved the trash can outside and checked all gas lines etc. any ideas?
  • By all means install another CO detector. Install in the bedroom. Check to see if both go off at same time. If it does, you have a problem. If it doesn't, you have a CO detector that needs to be replaced. I have 2 CO units just for peace of mind. The cost is minimal when you think about it.
  • My 1962 Cabover dint need a CO detector, neither did my 1979 Lindy Class C, nor did 1984 Itaska. So the first time it woke me up at 2 am in my 1998 Flair, I chopped the red wire to it, and it never gave me trouble again. And now I'll be dripped if the CO det in this Rexhall din't wake me up the first week I had it. Needless to say, it got the same red wire treatment. In fact its going to make a beeeeautiful place for my ebay beeeeautiful Blue LED digital readout panel mount clock,....that is on a very slow boat from china.
    In reality, I'm sic and tired of people wanting to save me from myself,....what ever that means :)
    And seems like "they" decided that RVs don't need a propane sniffer anymore ?? I quess todays propane is safer than yesterdays propane,....or did they find out we're smarter than they first thought ??