khd995
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Last night at midnight my lp detector went off. I got out of bed and went and turned off the propane bottles and disconnected them When I got back the propane alarm was off. Of course that may have been from opening the door and getting some fresh air in. I went to bed and about an hour later it went off again. I opened the door and went outside and looked around (why I don't know, since I had turned of the bottles and disconnected them.). Went back inside and the the alarm turned off shortly. In about another hour it went off again, then in a 20 seconds it turned off again. Did it one more time and then not again.
Not once did I ever smell any gas.
I have been on the same sight for the last two months and the only propane I have used is for the hot water tank.
My question is: is the only possiblity a gas leak or is there another reason that it would sound the alarm.
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Might be time to skip the baked beans at supper.
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Batteries could be low or gassing. Do you have a pet?
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Our problem was a bad unit. The company replaced under warrenty.
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Quote:Might be time to skip the baked beans at supper. 
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They do fail after a few years. We have replaced two in 11 years.
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Had it happen with our carbon monoxide detector replace the batteries and it should be OK.
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Every time our little dog sleeps close to the propane detector, it goes off. I guess it detects "other kinds" of gas.
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they do go bad after a while. same thing happened to me in my old tt. it was about $15 to replace-definitely worth replacing. a simple cut and splice of the wires was the level of difficulty.
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When our fridges cooling unit started leaking the amonia smell had ours going off constantly. Check the back of your fridge and if there is a yellow stain could be your problem.
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