CO detector going off
Kind of strange, not all the time. Sometimes it goes off and quits and is silent for a week, other times it goes off, quits and goes off again in an hour. No rhyme or reason. All propane fittings a...
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SidecarFlip wrote:
Other than meeting the RIVA recommendation, I don't see the need for it actually. Smoke detector maybe but that irritating thing, no way.
The day you wake up dead, you will regret not having a working CO detector.. Once dead, there is no coming back to fix the problem.
While CO, smoke and LP alarms seem to be "optional", in reality, properly working units DO save lives.
Your RV is equipped with plenty of devices which can and do emit CO, can emit unlit LP gas, can malfunction to cause a fire (IE furnace, fridge, water heater).
I like to think for a small minor inconvenience of false alarms and occasional replacements it IS a very small cost to prevent a potentially fatal event with myself and my family.
Properly working CO detectors should never false alarm, I never have once heard on of mine go off that didn't have a READING (which is why I like the ones that display the reading). I typically catch mine BEFORE it alarms (I run a wood burner in my home) and take action well before any possible harm can happen..
Just had to replace one of my home units, started reading something other than zero a few days ago, moved it beside a second one in a different room to verify that it was malfunctioning..
That unit had a manufacturer date of 1996, it HAS given me good service and a long, long life for $30..
