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hott24girl
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Jul 13, 2014

Help! propane detector went off now what?

Hello all,

New to the travel trailer world (we had a pop up before) and we just had our first experience with the propane detector. We leave our camper at our river lot until we take it out of town, since we frequent the river every week. This past Wednesday we locked our starcraft bunk house trailer up and didn't make it back out till today. Upon arrival the detector is blaring. We did let the propane tanks open, but what should we do now?

Is this something we need to take it in for service? Or could this have been a random occurrence?

Thank you for your help.
  • When it alarms is the LED red or kind of an orange color? If it's orange then that means it has died of old age and needs to be replaced.
  • Any chance your trailer is not connected to shore power and you were just running on battery?

    I know my detector goes off if I leave the battery hooked up and it nears being drained. It will do this even if everything is turned off as some items parasitically drain the battery.