My set up is ALL electric. No propane. I have a CO2 detector in the tt. I'm sure it was installed by the mfg. not knowing the unit would be all electric. My question is. I'm sure it's good to have,but do I really need it? Been thinking about disconnecting it. Any thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Unit is a 2015 Grey Wolf 26bhe.

You do t have propane heat at all?

Well it's a CO detector. It may or may not be combined with an LP gas detector. Do you have a generator? And you do have a vehicle engine, and may well park/camp near other engines or generators.Why would you want to get rid of it? - it might save your life!

If you have no propane and use no portable gas appliances in the rig and you never keep the engine running on the rig or the tow vehicle (whichever) then you probably do not need it. But if your park near running vehicles as in a rest area for the night etc then you are at a slight increased risk

Toddupton wrote:You do t have propane heat at all?No tanks, no propane. My heater is a heat strip mounted to the wall. Have not used it since we just git the tt. Our there tt we used electric heaters. Don't like sleeping with the furnace on. The water heater is electric and no stove/oven. Came with a portable 2 burner hotplate. I usually BBQ and if DW cooks which is usually breakfast, she prefers using an electric skillet.

There are combined Co and LP detectors, so watch out what you have.The propane detector should be mounted at floor level because propane is heavier than air, but the CO detector which you find as well as LP detectors in MHs and TCs (the truck's exhaust might get up into the TC)So where do you mount the combo version? Not a clue :(Meanwhile, since the trailer has no engine why should you have any sort of CO detector and with no LP either, why have one for that?Possible unlikely scenario, is if you are too lazy to un-hitch, and you leave the truck running so its exhaust gets in the trailer?

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eocamper
Explorer
Jul 16, 2015
Toddupton wrote:
You do t have propane heat at all?

No tanks, no propane. My heater is a heat strip mounted to the wall. Have not used it since we just git the tt. Our there tt we used electric heaters. Don't like sleeping with the furnace on. The water heater is electric and no stove/oven. Came with a portable 2 burner hotplate. I usually BBQ and if DW cooks which is usually breakfast, she prefers using an electric skillet.
darsben
Explorer II
Jul 16, 2015
If you have no propane and use no portable gas appliances in the rig and you never keep the engine running on the rig or the tow vehicle (whichever) then you probably do not need it. But if your park near running vehicles as in a rest area for the night etc then you are at a slight increased risk
obgraham
Explorer
Jul 16, 2015
Well it's a CO detector. It may or may not be combined with an LP gas detector. Do you have a generator? And you do have a vehicle engine, and may well park/camp near other engines or generators.

Why would you want to get rid of it? - it might save your life!
Toddupton
Explorer
Jul 16, 2015
You do t have propane heat at all?

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