Which Co detector ?
So it's time to replace both the Smoke & Co detectors in the RV... I know that there are two different classes of Co detectors: residential and RV, and I think the only difference is that the RV clas...
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John: Whether you can see the difference between normal and 'RV' I know that they they accumulate differently but alarm at the same point. I was told by someone years ago that there is quite a bit more dampening in the alarm detect on the RV model. The guys at the station swapped 4 Co detectors in news vans, then started getting complaints from the crews that they were going off all the time, especially when the side door was opening (they all run stinky Onan 6k gen sets). It was tracked down to the Home Depot off the shelf devices that were bought. Someone went to camping world and bought the RV rated ones and the problem went away. BUT... A Class-A or big TT is much larger than a van, hence the question..
Kevin: I have a digital Co detector mid-ship in addition to the far front and rear. That being a evidential device does move around allot when the cat heater is on and the vents aren't set right.
I'm leaning toward the dual sensor ones listed above. Looking at them yesterday they are more than just twin sensors, but work off of each other. If there is smoke detected but no nox, the sensitivity ramps up a little to avoid a false positive. If there is nox detected but no smoke, it does the same. But if both are detected, it alarms as soon as thresholds are hit. Kinda cool how it works and probably solves the quick ramp Co problem we had in the vans.
Kevin: I have a digital Co detector mid-ship in addition to the far front and rear. That being a evidential device does move around allot when the cat heater is on and the vents aren't set right.
I'm leaning toward the dual sensor ones listed above. Looking at them yesterday they are more than just twin sensors, but work off of each other. If there is smoke detected but no nox, the sensitivity ramps up a little to avoid a false positive. If there is nox detected but no smoke, it does the same. But if both are detected, it alarms as soon as thresholds are hit. Kinda cool how it works and probably solves the quick ramp Co problem we had in the vans.
