Propane detector replacement
The propane detector in my trailer was manufactured in 2010 and put into service in 2011. The manufacturer states 10 years of “shelf life” and 5 years in service. I’ve exceeded the in service life. ...
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D.E.Bishop wrote:
We had a CCI propane leak detector with the valve control. Mfg. date was 1989, we sold the RV in 2017, original detector still working. CCI sold to Safe T Alert and both recommend replacing the detector every five years. Replacement cost every five years about $280. Operational test conducted yearly, about $30 for five years.
Money maker in the name of safety by recommending replacement every five years or flat out misleading to sell aerosol test kit?
It would take 1825 days of use to equal five years of use, average RV is used less than 120 days per year or 15.21 years of in use time to equal five years. Atwood states 10 years of use or over 30 years to equal ten years of use at 120 days per year.
Unless you disconnect power from the detector in between trips the detector is still working. It doesn’t know if you are there or not.
