CO - Furnace Issues
More learning questions with our new RV travel trailer...
The old trailer had a metal roof vent and that's all it took to not have CO. The gas light would show CO, so we ran it sparingly and certainly not at night. The furnace NEVER showed CO.
Sunday it was raining and we wanted to try out the furnace anyway, so we fired it up. After about 5 minutes the CO detector went off. We turned off the furnace and after several minutes the alarm went off.
Most of our furnace needing visits will be in the winter. With snow / ice on the roof I'm afraid to open the plastic skylight vents, for fear they will crack. The old trailer had jalousy windows, so even if it was raining no water would come in. The sliding windows on the new trailer would undoubtedly let snow in if it was snowing. I don't want to piut up the awning in the snow.
Any suggestions? Is that normal? How wide does a window need to be open, and do you need more than one open?
The old trailer had a metal roof vent and that's all it took to not have CO. The gas light would show CO, so we ran it sparingly and certainly not at night. The furnace NEVER showed CO.
Sunday it was raining and we wanted to try out the furnace anyway, so we fired it up. After about 5 minutes the CO detector went off. We turned off the furnace and after several minutes the alarm went off.
Most of our furnace needing visits will be in the winter. With snow / ice on the roof I'm afraid to open the plastic skylight vents, for fear they will crack. The old trailer had jalousy windows, so even if it was raining no water would come in. The sliding windows on the new trailer would undoubtedly let snow in if it was snowing. I don't want to piut up the awning in the snow.
Any suggestions? Is that normal? How wide does a window need to be open, and do you need more than one open?
