Gotta replace CO/LP alarm after 5 yrs -- who knew?
You probably already know this. But I did not know that the sensor does not last forever. Now I do -- it started beeping (fortunately while the trailer was sitting in the driveway). They are supposed to be replaced every 60 months.
So I have now calendared the next replacement, assuming that I still own this trailer 5 years from now. (I intend to, but who really knows??) . Better to do the replacement as a routine maintenance item, rather than as an emergency repair on the road!!
And the other fun fact is that instead of using wire nuts, the manufacturer used permanent crimped devices to join the wires. So I had to clip them. The sensor is, of course, mounted near the floor. So to re-wire, I had to lay flat on the floor, strip the wires on the converter, and then use a wire nut to re-join -- lots of fun.
I wrapped each wire nut with duct tape to make sure it does not come unscrewed as we bounce down the highway. (I did not want to use a crimped fitting because I would then have to cut off even more of the already-short wires coming from the converter.)
Still learning, after 13 years of RVing!
So I have now calendared the next replacement, assuming that I still own this trailer 5 years from now. (I intend to, but who really knows??) . Better to do the replacement as a routine maintenance item, rather than as an emergency repair on the road!!
And the other fun fact is that instead of using wire nuts, the manufacturer used permanent crimped devices to join the wires. So I had to clip them. The sensor is, of course, mounted near the floor. So to re-wire, I had to lay flat on the floor, strip the wires on the converter, and then use a wire nut to re-join -- lots of fun.
I wrapped each wire nut with duct tape to make sure it does not come unscrewed as we bounce down the highway. (I did not want to use a crimped fitting because I would then have to cut off even more of the already-short wires coming from the converter.)
Still learning, after 13 years of RVing!
