carbon monoxide

[cubbear]

when I came into shop this morning both carbon monoxide alarms were going off in camper. The camper is pluged in and gas is turned off. any ideas what could set off?

[mkirsch]

trail-explorer wrote:
If both were going off, then I'd say the battery voltage is low, converter may not be working.

If I read the posts correctly, they're both CO detectors. One is run off the house battery, the other off a regular 9V.

Both were going off.

Either it's an odd, unlikely coincidence that both the house battery and 9V died at the exact same time, or there's CO in the camper.

I am very curious what the OP finds.

[tbred]

pcoplin wrote:
Could call non-emergency fire and have them come check it out. They can come with a gas analyzer to tell you if there is CO or not. We don't mind coming. 🙂

Bingo!

[trail-explorer]

I'm sure one of those alarms is a propane leak detector.

If both were going off, then I'd say the battery voltage is low, converter may not be working.

[Joe417]

Bumpyroad,

Your probably right. But I wasn't going to bring that up.

He said "in her sleep" and my wife told me that females never do that, only males.

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread. Back on subject.

[Bumpyroad]

naturist wrote:
Some CO alarms are also propane alarms. Propane alarms are also set off by methane, and . . . wait for it . . . dog farts (or sewer gas). Our dog occasionally sleeps on the floor next to such an alarm, and will fart in her sleep, setting off said alarm.

sure, blame the dog.
bumpy

[Joe417]

We've had several things set off the CO detector. It seems to be quite sensitive.

Lysol disinfectant, spray paint fumes, Easy Off oven cleaner, and insect spray. Low voltage cause a slow beep. Makes you wonder if it works with CO.

These also set off the gas detector. I've checked this one and gas does set it off.

Lucky I don't have a dog.

[pcoplin]

Could call non-emergency fire and have them come check it out. They can come with a gas analyzer to tell you if there is CO or not. We don't mind coming. 🙂

[naturist]

Some CO alarms are also propane alarms. Propane alarms are also set off by methane, and . . . wait for it . . . dog farts (or sewer gas). Our dog occasionally sleeps on the floor next to such an alarm, and will fart in her sleep, setting off said alarm.

[mkirsch]

It's definitely not a power/battery issue if two separate detectors with two separate power supplies were both going off.

Somehow, CO got into your camper and set them off. Tread carefully because CO will knock you out before you even know something is wrong, and anyone that comes in after you to rescue you may also be overcome.

It could have been the truck. Just because the alarms didn't go off immediately doesn't mean anything. Fumes don't travel instantly. It might be an hour or two before enough fumes infiltrated the camper to set off the alarms. For that to happen, though, you'd need some sort of ventilation pulling the outside air into the camper.

[cubbear]

Strange it is a 2015 AF990 I have had about 1 yr the hard wired detector and the battery 1 I installed were both going off. nothing is turned on not even the heat in the shop. battery shows 13.1 volt. I had run a truck in the shop about 12 hr earlier and nothing happened.anything else set of carbon monoxide detector like sewer gas battery gas ect.

[SAR_Tracker]

4 things come to mind:

If stand alone unit, either the internal battery is dead/low or the unit itself has gone bad. They DO wear out.

If hard-wired, check the voltage of the big batteries, the output of the converter could be low or non-existent. Or, the unit itself has gone bad. They DO wear out.

[Kayteg1]

Low battery on mine detectors give small beep, while CO gives constant alarm for reference.
Other explanation might be neighbor idling his engine.

[sdianel_-acct_c]

what year is the camper? Our CO detector went bad and we had to replace it. When it went bad, it beeped.

[gbopp]

mkirsch wrote:


About the only way I can think of to test for CO is to put a canary in the camper and see if it dies.

Don't let the animal people (PETA) see this post. :E

Maybe the OP should check his battery voltage first.