Yet another CO detector low voltage question
My CO detector goes off when the coach batteries reach 11.8V. Most specs I've found indicate detectors run all the way down to 7-8 volts. Is mine at the end of life?
Forum Discussion
- Are you measuring at the battery bank or at the terminals for the detector? They use thin wire to save a dime, so there may be voltage drop.
- It is odd, so needs checking for sure. First thing would be to use your multimeter to check the voltage right at the detector connection in comparison with actual battery voltage at the house battery.
Never know, it might have a loose connection somewhere giving high voltage drop. Some LP alarms have a little glass fuse there too. You can get big voltage drops across a glass fuse sometimes, where they snap in at each end.
