Turning off carbon monoxide detector.

[Buckeye_Chuck]

Is there a way to disconnect or turn off the carbon monoxide detector without cutting the power to the entire unit?

[Buckeye_Chuck]

I put Press N Seal plastic wrap on the detector. That did the job. I used an "Enforcer Flea Fogger".
Thanks for the help.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

"I did not start this post for the intention of debating the merits of having or not having a CO detector. I simply want a way to turn it off while I am using a bug bomb to fumigate the inside of my camper. The last time I did this my CO detector went off and was beeping for 4 hours straight while we were out of the camper. I do not want this to happen again out of respect for my neighbors."


May I ask what kind of bug bomb?

[Buckeye_Chuck]

THANKS for the advise. I'll cover the dector

[4x4van]

Last year at Nascar, my CO detector alarrmed...turned out the guy next to me was using a generator without a gen-turi and the CO was entering my rig.

Last weekend, I was installing a dimmer switch for my awning LED strip lights. It was being installed behind a panel next to my 120VAC breakers. The compartment in question is below the fridge, with no access doors, and in addition to lots of wiring and my converter, the backside of the LP detector is also there. I had used liquid electrical tape on the backside of the circuit board of the dimmer, inside this area. The fumes from it set off the LP detector!

At least I know both units are working!

BTW, my smoke detector and my CO detector are each powered by 9V batteries; my LP detector is hardwired into the RV (12vdc), and it turns off with the battery main switch. I, too, am not a fan of combination units.

[Kayteg1]

That is why I like CO detectors with display showing the particles.
Had one at home and having heavily-used fireplace got some surprises when the fire is danger (tip - fire does not emit high CO- red charcoals do)
For "some" reasons such detectors are hard to buy, Think about it.

[beemerphile1]

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
I have a question...I can't help but be suspicious of a safety device that malfunctions. Is my opinion in the minority here? Why?

If a safety device alarms, the first thing I assume is that a hazard exists. If after thorough examination I discover there is no hazard, the device is replaced because it obviously has failed.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

I have a question. If the OP does not like the question he can lambast me without reprisal.

Here goes

I am no expert but I have owned so many CO detectors the numbers and the brands are long forgotten. Whenever a detector false alarms I get mighty suspicious because it is not doing what it gets paid to do.

One detector alarmed and only shut up when I disconnected the power and "rebooted" it. Then when I held it over an unlit stove burner it failed to alarm. I then took it out to the toad and with a battery stuck it into the running engine exhaust pipe of my toad

It still did not alarm.

I left it connected on the work bench. Around 11:00PM it again alarmed.

I can't help but be suspicious of a safety device that malfunctions. Is my opinion in the minority here? Why?

[Bobbo]

In that case, remove the negative cable from the battery, unplug the camper and bomb away. With no power the CO detector won't alarm. There is no way to "easily" disable it without cutting power to the whole unit.

[Buckeye_Chuck]

I did not start this post for the intention of debating the merits of having or not having a CO detector. I simply want a way to turn it off while I am using a bug bomb to fumigate the inside of my camper. The last time I did this my CO detector went off and was beeping for 4 hours straight while we were out of the camper. I do not want this to happen again out of respect for my neighbors.

[beemerphile1]

Buckeye Chuck wrote:
I did not start this post for the intention of debating the merits of having or not having a CO detector. I simply want a way to turn it off while I am using a bug bomb to fumigate the inside of my camper. The last time I did this my CO detector went off and was beeping for 4 hours straight while we were out of the camper. I do not want this to happen again out of respect for my neighbors.

Tape plastic over the detector while bombing. Even if power is off, the chemicals might coat the sensor and cause permanent damage.

[beemerphile1]

GordonThree wrote:

beemerphile1 wrote:
If you have a problem - fix the problem. A disconnect switch is very likely to create a much larger (even fatal) problem.

Suggestions on fixing constant false alarms would be helpful.

Install a new detector, didn't think that needed said.

If a new detector still alarms, it may be a crazy idea, but maybe the detector is doing what it is supposed to do and telling you that danger is present!

[Buckeye_Chuck]

I did not start this post for the intention of debating the merits of having or not having a CO detector. I simply want a way to turn it off while I am using a bug bomb to fumigate the inside of my camper. The last time I did this my CO detector went off and was beeping for 4 hours straight while we were out of the camper. I do not want this to happen again out of respect for my neighbors.

[Dave_H_M]

I did the same as Gordon. If it is on all the time what good is it?

i had to whack the wires anyway to get the new one installed. :h

[MEXICOWANDERER]

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