smoke alarm

[DogTrainer]

turned on heater in brand new 5th wheel last night camping and the smoke alarm off in ceiling of stairs, turned on fantastic fan and it quit, gave it a minute then turned the heater back on and same thing, cant see smoke but smells like its new.

what say you folks, is this normal...never had this in travel trailer

[ACZL]

Side note about smoke alarms. Read one time in Reader's Digest about a lady who wondered why her family didn't make tracks to exit the house when the smoke alarm went off. She asked her son and he said, "Dinners done".

[RollandB]

Same thing for us a few weeks back on our new rig. Took the battery out and kept running the furnace, a few hours later the battery went back in and no problems since.

[ACZL]

Same thing in our stick house each fall. Have to burn off dust and other ****, then no more smell. RV same way. We cheat. We use a couple small electric space heaters. They do a wonderful job in keeping coach pretty comfy. As a back up, we uncover the floor vents and switch t-stat to heat just in case it gets too cold and lil heaters can't keep up, but this has rarely happened.

[Old-Biscuit]

DogTrainer wrote:
It stated exactly what you said. Takes 5 to 10 minutes to burn paint off. all is well.

and thanks,

You 'read' the instructions :S




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[fla-gypsy]

Normal

[DogTrainer]

It stated exactly what you said. Takes 5 to 10 minutes to burn paint off. all is well.

and thanks,

[gbopp]

It's normal for new heating equipment to 'burn off' coatings.
I just open some Windows and turn on the heat until the smell is gone.
If the smell doesn't stop, start investigating.