CO detector choices.
Is there anything wrong with using a AA battery operated CO detector from Wally World verses one that came hardwired in my RV? The manual for the new unit said nothing about not using it in a MH. It h...
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rockhillmanor wrote:
Personally I want my co detectors in the small confines of an RV to be hard wired to a 12v, not a 9v walmart battery!
Hard wired detectors are constantly being charged by the engine battery when traveling and/or convertor. So I know for safety sake it will always have power to it, there is no slowly going dead 9v in my CO detector. Hard wire ones also have a reliable constant low voltage alert. Just saying it's what I think is safer.
The battery powered detectors work exactly the same way and are no less quality than any others. They chirp when the battery gets low and they let the user know when they get old.
In fact, I would trust a detector from someone like Kidd far more than I would trust one made by one of those companies that make all our other RV junk.
