Carbon Monoxide/Propane Alarm - Propane Leak?
Hi all. My travel trailer has been sitting in my driveway since June and yesterday I heard an alarm going off in the trailer. It was the combo carbon monoxide/propane alarm, which has never gone off b...
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It is highly likely that the OP is referring to a combination CO/propane detector. These units are always located near the floor because propane tends to sink to the floor level. CO rapidly disperses throughout the air everywhere in the RV so it can be detected with a floor level detector.
False alarms are a common symptom when these alarms start to fail. The units typically do not last more than a few years and I had one that only lasted two years.
There is another possibility. This is a relatively new RV that has been stored in the heat and probably is not well ventilated. Outgassing can be setting on the alarm. One time I did a lot of caulking in the bath. I had to disconnect the alarm for a couple of months due to outgassing from the caulk.
In any case there is no reason to suspect or waste time looking for a propane leak since the alarm started to go off when the propane tanks were shut off. Instead I would open some windows and check back to see if the alarm is still going off periodically. If so it is time to spend $50 to replace the alarm.
False alarms are a common symptom when these alarms start to fail. The units typically do not last more than a few years and I had one that only lasted two years.
There is another possibility. This is a relatively new RV that has been stored in the heat and probably is not well ventilated. Outgassing can be setting on the alarm. One time I did a lot of caulking in the bath. I had to disconnect the alarm for a couple of months due to outgassing from the caulk.
In any case there is no reason to suspect or waste time looking for a propane leak since the alarm started to go off when the propane tanks were shut off. Instead I would open some windows and check back to see if the alarm is still going off periodically. If so it is time to spend $50 to replace the alarm.
