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 are tight and this happens when the propane is off and the camper is sitting in the yard, camper is not occupied. It's 2 years old.I'm thinking the detector is on the way out and needs replaced. Opinions please?

They don't last forever look up the brand and see what the service life is. New detector is cheap insurance.Bill

They all have a replade by date tag on them. Take it off the wall and look. Most all are 5 year life. But I have had them fail in two years or less.

Title of thread indicates carbon monoxide detector is going off. Thread actually mentions propane is turned off. Is it the CO detector or propane detector going off?

Had a similar problem with mine, it turned out to be the battery, Not the detectors battery but the RV battery, replaced it and all worked great.

Check voltage at the detector. If it's not aged-out, it could be low voltage, or high voltage, or ... other gremlins.

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2chiefsRus
Explorer
Jul 26, 2018
SARGUY wrote:
Had a similar problem with mine, it turned out to be the battery, Not the detectors battery but the RV battery, replaced it and all worked great.

x2. a service tech had changed the settings to the wrong type of house batteries and the batteries were being overcharged. The detector would go off depending upon the state of charge of the house batteries which is why the detector would go off sometimes but other times it wouldn't.
GordonThree
Explorer
Jul 26, 2018
Check voltage at the detector. If it's not aged-out, it could be low voltage, or high voltage, or ... other gremlins.
SARGUY
Explorer
Jul 26, 2018
Had a similar problem with mine, it turned out to be the battery, Not the detectors battery but the RV battery, replaced it and all worked great.
mobeewan
Explorer
Jul 26, 2018
Title of thread indicates carbon monoxide detector is going off. Thread actually mentions propane is turned off. Is it the CO detector or propane detector going off?
donn0128
Explorer II
Jul 26, 2018
They all have a replade by date tag on them. Take it off the wall and look. Most all are 5 year life. But I have had them fail in two years or less.
WILDEBILL308
Explorer II
Jul 26, 2018
They don't last forever look up the brand and see what the service life is. New detector is cheap insurance.
Bill

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