CO detectors and stinky trees
Two days in and I just got my first lesson in "What not to do with your trailer."
One of the first things I did when we brought our trailer home was to hang a pine scented stinky tree inside. My son commented that this particular stinky tree was quite powerful. We've had all the windows open since we brought it home, but tonight I closed everything up for the night. About 20 minutes after the trailer was closed up, the CO detector started going off. There were no cars running nearby and the propane was turned off at the tanks, so I was at a loss as to why the detector was going off.
Thinking that I may have a faulty detector, I brought the unit into the house to see if it would go off again in a different environment. After an hour it was still silent. I went back out to the trailer to see if I could find anything and was struck by the overpowering smell of pine tree air freshener.
Time for an experiment....
I set the CO detector and the stinky tree on the back porch and waited. About 10 minutes later it alarmed. Lesson: CO detectors don't like stinky trees.
The stinky tree went into my truck and the now silent CO detector is back in the trailer.
Happy Motoring!
One of the first things I did when we brought our trailer home was to hang a pine scented stinky tree inside. My son commented that this particular stinky tree was quite powerful. We've had all the windows open since we brought it home, but tonight I closed everything up for the night. About 20 minutes after the trailer was closed up, the CO detector started going off. There were no cars running nearby and the propane was turned off at the tanks, so I was at a loss as to why the detector was going off.
Thinking that I may have a faulty detector, I brought the unit into the house to see if it would go off again in a different environment. After an hour it was still silent. I went back out to the trailer to see if I could find anything and was struck by the overpowering smell of pine tree air freshener.
Time for an experiment....
I set the CO detector and the stinky tree on the back porch and waited. About 10 minutes later it alarmed. Lesson: CO detectors don't like stinky trees.
The stinky tree went into my truck and the now silent CO detector is back in the trailer.
Happy Motoring!
