Toxic Bananas?
This seems really strange! Packed the camper for a trip; closed it up and started to hitch it to my truck when the CO/Propane alarm started sounding. Nothing was in use except the fridge and because...
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ADK Camper wrote:
This seems really strange! Packed the camper for a trip; closed it up and started to hitch it to my truck when the CO/Propane alarm started sounding. Nothing was in use except the fridge and because its small flame is outside the camper and vented I couldn't believe it was the problem. I reset the alarm and started off. At a stop light I heard the alarm sounding again. I turned off the fridge and closed the propane tanks - alarm sounded again. Pulled into a parking area and went into the camper. I could smell ripe bananas my wife had packed. Out of desperation, I removed the bananas and the alarm stoped! I know bananas give off ethylene gas. Apparently the CO/Propane detector doesn't know the difference. Moral: don't transport ripe bananas in a closed camper!
This was a good one, who would have thought. I would have probably turned around and headed home to find out what was going on.
