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dougrainer
Aug 27, 2022Nomad
dodge guy wrote:
Funny! I have a 2012 with a CO/LP detector with the valve, and I replaced it in 2019 with a new one. It is factory wired. Can’t imagine manuf would stop installing a necessary safety item!
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What Brand RV do you have? I did not state they were not used, but your RV is 10 years old. Do you know if your OEM RV maker STILL installs a solenoid controlled system? All I can state is, I work on almost all makes of motorhomes and I have not seen a solenoid controlled LP system OEM on Rv's in the Past 20 years. That means RV's newer than 2002. I should also have stated on some of the Systems, they had 2- 12 volt positive wires powering the detector. Chassis and Coach. Some RV makers connected the detector straight to the batteries and some connected thru the Battery disconnect system.
1. having connected straight to a dual battery, and storing, you would drain the chassis battery within a few weeks and have a dead chassis battery. It takes longer to drain the coach but if left for more than a month all the batteries would be dead
2. You have a coach battery disconnect, but NO chassis battery disconnect. The Chassis would be dead in a few weeks if system left on
3. Connected to a disconnect(coach), refer ON LP, RVer forgets about LP system solenoid and leaves the RV for days and as he leaves the RV turns the disconnect OFF, killing the LP system and the refer turns off and items then thaw and smell. HAD this happen a few times years ago with irate customers. Doug
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