Problem with CO/LP Detector
I full time and have a Saf-T-Alert 35-742 detector. It is almost two years old (manufacture date) and I have never had a problem until night before last. It goes off at 3:15am with a LP alert. I turned off my propane at the tank while leaving the outside door open. The unit reset and I went back to bed leaving the LP off at the tank. I am hosting at a state park and don't use the LP at all other than the stove which I had not used in several days.
The next morning, yesterday, I looked at the stove and noticed one of the burner knobs was not quite in the off position. It was just barely pushed in and turned just enough that it didn't fall back into the out detente. I assumed this was the problem as I had put several grocery sacks on the stove top 8 hours before and figured one of the sacks had bumped the burner knob. I turned the LP back on at the tank at this point.
No more problem for 18 hours. At midnight last night (why is it always in the middle of the night) the alarm goes off again. Again I turned off the LP at the tank and the detector resets. 3 hours later it goes off again, the LP is still off at the tank, I did not turn it back on. This time the detector would not reset. After a few minutes in the mute mode with the LP light still blinking, the alarm goes off again. At this point I removed the detector from the wall and cut a power wire.
This morning, about six hours later, I powered the detector back up and put it back in the wall. So far so good. My LP is still turned off at the tank, but I'm going to turn it back on when I go outside.
I am wondering if there really is a LP leak or is the detector going south on me. I have never smelled any LP inside and I still haven't used the stove since this issue came up night before last.
Does anyone have any experience with this model detector failing early and in this manner? I'm thinking about buying a new one and see what happens. I don' think I have a LP leak, but.......
Thanks.
The next morning, yesterday, I looked at the stove and noticed one of the burner knobs was not quite in the off position. It was just barely pushed in and turned just enough that it didn't fall back into the out detente. I assumed this was the problem as I had put several grocery sacks on the stove top 8 hours before and figured one of the sacks had bumped the burner knob. I turned the LP back on at the tank at this point.
No more problem for 18 hours. At midnight last night (why is it always in the middle of the night) the alarm goes off again. Again I turned off the LP at the tank and the detector resets. 3 hours later it goes off again, the LP is still off at the tank, I did not turn it back on. This time the detector would not reset. After a few minutes in the mute mode with the LP light still blinking, the alarm goes off again. At this point I removed the detector from the wall and cut a power wire.
This morning, about six hours later, I powered the detector back up and put it back in the wall. So far so good. My LP is still turned off at the tank, but I'm going to turn it back on when I go outside.
I am wondering if there really is a LP leak or is the detector going south on me. I have never smelled any LP inside and I still haven't used the stove since this issue came up night before last.
Does anyone have any experience with this model detector failing early and in this manner? I'm thinking about buying a new one and see what happens. I don' think I have a LP leak, but.......
Thanks.
