Turning off carbon monoxide detector.

rwgeiser wrote:
I wonder if folks are talking about carbon monoxide detector or if they are actually talking about the propane detector located just above the floor? These are two completely different animals.

Except when they're exactly the same thing.

I disconnected the smoke detector. It alarmed constantly and was just a nuisance.

I wonder if folks are talking about carbon monoxide detector or if they are actually talking about the propane detector located just above the floor? These are two completely different animals.

I know you have a trailer, and what I am about to say doesn't apply to you, but I want people with motor homes to think about this before disabling the CO detector.

DW and I were driving our Class C from TN to UT a few years ago. The CO detector went off while we were approaching Colorado Springs. The MH was several years old, so we decided the CO detector needed to be replaced. Stopped at Walmart, bought a new one, and installed it. When we reached Denver, the new one alarmed. We found a Ford dealer in Denver who pulled a tech off of another vehicle when he heard we were traveling cross country. The tech discovered that the doghouse in our MH was not installed properly and was letting CO from the engine area into the house. It was enough to trip the alarm at the rear of the 32' MH.

Mine was hard wired into the 12v with no way to turn it off. Pulling the fuse also killing pump and lights.

So I used my diagonal cuts to turn it off permanently.

I have a plug in 110v unit to replace it when cold weather camping returns.

Mine has a breaker for it ( and the smoke detectors I think ). I found this out after a defective one kept going off in the middle of the night. First I pulled the unit and cut the wires. They are normally hard wired in I think.

Next day I realized there was a breaker. Only thing, like I said I think mine also cuts off the SD.

Actually I have a fuse for it not a breaker.