Anyone have a carbon monoxide monitor go bad? I have a 6 month old fleetwood pop-up and I am camping with the alarm beeping every thirty seconds like it has a low battery. I have changed the battery 3 times with no success. I am thinking about disabling the alam until I get home from our trip. Is this safe.
Ye they can go bad and with procautions you can disable until replacement. Had one go nuts after using alot of spray foam. took months for it to settle. some spray cans use propane and butane for propelent. Just be sure its not a leak. dish soap with just a little water added sprayed on propane connections will bubble if lines and pipes are leaking. check stove under top and oven. Your nose will some times turn off to propane smell if exposed too long. so take a long walk outside then sniff around. Good luck.
We seem to have all three of the detectors confused together in a huge mass here. Carbon monoxide detectors do go bad fairly frequently and have a definitely limited life-it would be a good idea to replace one when it starts acting funny or gets to be five years old, in order to be sure you are protected. Flammable gas detectors (or propane detectors) also can go bad and have a limited life span, and the same precautions should be applied. Many flammable vapors other than propane will set them off. Both of these types of detectors will go nuts when the coach battery voltage gets too low, but that can be fixed by recharging the battery. Smoke/fire detectors have a longer life span, but wear out their internal battery about every year so it has to be replaced annually. They may last 10 years, I understand, but do not have an indefinite life either in your RV or in your home. These things are life and death matters, and should be replaced whenever they come under suspicion. I think the old saying is better broke (from buying replacements) than dead, or something like that.
First of all, our 5er didn't come with a Carbon Monixide Detector. So I bought a 12 volt Hard Wired one to install myself. Second, I wouldn't own a Carbon Monixide Detector or a Propane Detector that was just a simple changeable battery operated one. Because we mostly Dry-Camp/RV anyways, I also installed ON/OFF Switches on both of them. That way, if we are not using the Propane or running the Generators, we just turn them off, and save on the batteries. Both our Propane Detector and Carbon Monixide Detector have a light on them, so it is real easy to see if they are on or off. It has worked for us for many many years. And "NO", we never forget to turn them on when needed. Also when we are not using our 5er, there is no power drain on our battries what so ever. Even thought we keep our 5er plugged in all of the time, so our Charge Wizard takes perfect care of our battries. I also do a Complete Proventinve Maintence Program on our 5er every year. That also includes testing the Propane Detector, and the Carbon Monixide Detector as well. Good Luck. Happy Camping. Dan & Jill
1997 Ford F-250, H.D. Extended-Cab, Short Bed, 7.3 PSD, K&N Air Filter, 5000 lbs air bags w/on board compressor w/guage, SuperChips Tuner/Programer. 1996 Nash 24fter 5er, 15K "Lil" Rocker Hitch w/BedSaver, Twin EU2000i Gen's W/Kit. Nam-Vet, 33 Months.
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