Carbon Monoxide Detector Proper Placement
I've been rebuilding the inside of my 5er after a structural failure and am on the last mile. I've built new cabinets, new sink, etc - and I'm down to putting the finishing touches (DW's punch list...
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You are correct, and thats what i said before, where floors and cellings meet walls are dead space. This gets into into air flow patterns, like you observed. But yes, 6 inches off the floor, thats not up by the celling. I did say, if you read back a bit do not place them where the floor or celling meets a wall. As far as the camper, In my pop up, it was just a propane detecter at the floor level, not a combo unit. So it sat at floor level. The combo one in the TT is up a bit more. The one you repleced might have been just a propane detector, or added on later.
And your stove will normally, when on , give off some co, anything that burns does. So 1 to 3 ppm is normal. The problem was the old detectors were only accumulative, so they took that little bit of co and it saturated the sensor untill the unit alarmed. It was inevitable. So the changes were not made because they bothered the fire departments, they were made because the units would alarm for no cause and create panic for the homeowners. Yes the he good detecters are the digital display ones, but they usually have to have to be plugged in to work, they would have a battry back up but that would only last a day or two. It needed ac power to purge itself and take samples. These were plugged in a lower outlet. The first one was a nighhawk, now made by kidda and were $$# when they first came out. If you have a combo one with a smoke, that needs to go close to the celling. A stand alone co does not. Some have a mute that will mute the 30 ppm co, but will trip again at 60 ppm. Like i said, high or low they will work.
And they always alarmed at about 30 ppm, I think the first ones were set at 28 ppm when they came out. The other ones, can not tell how long the co has been present. They just go off after a certain number is reached. But, there all a bit diffrent now.
And your stove will normally, when on , give off some co, anything that burns does. So 1 to 3 ppm is normal. The problem was the old detectors were only accumulative, so they took that little bit of co and it saturated the sensor untill the unit alarmed. It was inevitable. So the changes were not made because they bothered the fire departments, they were made because the units would alarm for no cause and create panic for the homeowners. Yes the he good detecters are the digital display ones, but they usually have to have to be plugged in to work, they would have a battry back up but that would only last a day or two. It needed ac power to purge itself and take samples. These were plugged in a lower outlet. The first one was a nighhawk, now made by kidda and were $$# when they first came out. If you have a combo one with a smoke, that needs to go close to the celling. A stand alone co does not. Some have a mute that will mute the 30 ppm co, but will trip again at 60 ppm. Like i said, high or low they will work.
And they always alarmed at about 30 ppm, I think the first ones were set at 28 ppm when they came out. The other ones, can not tell how long the co has been present. They just go off after a certain number is reached. But, there all a bit diffrent now.
