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I removed it last night and there is no fuse so I buried it with a towel. After I woke up it was beeping every 30 seconds. Tested it and it's getting full power. Turned it around so it is facing the opening to the basement and it's not chirping. But then again it's daytime again. Haven't open the doors. No change in ventilation. It seems to be connected to the solar panel somehow. I'll get out the schematic and see what else is on that circuit. I put LED bulbs in the bedroom lights for the first time and they flicker when the furnace is running. Just a little. Maybe it is detecting propane. Tiny amounts. But I hasn't chirped for about six years. I've had it streaming out of the burner at times when the spark or failed to ignite. Never went off then. 3 feet away. ?

If you can get it to do that beeping again at night, you could take it out with it still connected and beeping and measure the input voltage with your meter to see if it is indeed low voltage making it beep. If the voltage is good and it is beeping, no ideas. it doesn't beep during the day.

If it is low voltage, then you have a mystery why it is low when the batts are ok. Some chasing around with the voltmeter needed.

What about the radio? How is it at night while the alarm is beeping? On ours the radio and the LP alarm are on the same circuit direct to battery by-passing the "battery disconnect switch."

Or the alarm could actually be working where at night you close the door and windows so whatever fumes are setting it off are stronger inside than during the day when there is more ventilation.. Or the furnace only comes on at night, and there is something nasty down a floor level heating register close to the LP alarm.

I took them apart and took reading on each battery individually. Some say resting it should be between 12.4 to 12.6 and some say 12.5 to 12.7. These are all coming in at 12.6 after 6 hours of rest. I'm satisfied that the batteries are ok for now. I think it's the detector. But I still don't understand why it starts beeping at night. Weird.

cannesdo wrote:
It's been 2 hours of battery rest. Down to 12.6v. All the batteries are reading almost the same amount of voltage. Trying to figure out, if it's not the batteries what it could be. Camping world guy said that if the remote inverter/charger panel is showing they're charging then the charger should be working. (13.5-14v is what it shows) So then it would likely be the propane detector? If it was that wouldn't it be malfunctioning day and night regardless of the weather?

You can disconnect the detector by taking the panel out and in the back is a small fuse you can remove.

It sure seems like low voltage alarm from when the solar slows down as it gets dark. That means the charger in the inverter/charger is not getting to the batteries even though the charger itself is working (voltmeter proves that?).

Something wrong along the way there, needs a voltmeter to follow the path and find the "open."

BTW the original LP alarm in our trailer still works just fine (it alarmed from battery fumes while equalizing them the other day) from 2002, so don't automatically assume it needs replacing just because it is five years old.

cannesdo wrote:
I'm at 12.56v now with all four batteries and it's been four hours. Dropped just .04 in the last two hours. Need to know if I should disconnect them from each other though...don't really want to do this again.

If you wanted to replace a single battery you should separate and see which one drops and which one's hold the voltage 12.65+. Or you can separate just to satisfy your curiosity.

Assuming you are replacing the whole set it does not matter which is bad. Always best to swap them all.

I've had the rig for 10 years. Propane detector has never been replaced. It did this once before and I think it was because the batteries were weak. Years ago.

The battery bank is disconnected from power but they are all still hooked together. Am I getting a reading based on all of the batteries? Do I need to separate them from each other?

Thanks time2rll. Looks like Sam's Club is the way to go.

I'm at 12.56v now with all four batteries and it's been four hours. Dropped just .04 in the last two hours. Need to know if I should disconnect them from each other though...don't really want to do this again.

Thanks!

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I recommend Sam's Club. search "GC2" on the website.

If the propane detector is 5+ years old it needs replaced.

It's been 2 hours of battery rest. Down to 12.6v. All the batteries are reading almost the same amount of voltage. Trying to figure out, if it's not the batteries what it could be. Camping world guy said that if the remote inverter/charger panel is showing they're charging then the charger should be working. (13.5-14v is what it shows) So then it would likely be the propane detector? If it was that wouldn't it be malfunctioning day and night regardless of the weather?

If I kill the 12v power to the rig can I get a sense of what shape the batteries are in with a multi-meter? I remember someone saying something about letting them sit for a few hours or something. ? That would keep the converter from charging them, yes? I'm going to just pull the 12v current now and see if the ones with the solar trickle are in better shape than the other two.