Exhaust fumes

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Exhaust fumes

February 04, 2016, 09:03:24 pm

Last month at the Q we were running the diesel generator watching tv, when all of sudden the propane alarm went off sending me through the roof, I shut off the generator and opened the windows and check all the systems and aired out the Coach, waited 15 min and reset the alarm and it would not switch to blinking lite waited a few more and it reset. This happened twice while we were there. Could the fumes from the generator set the alarm off. Any thoughts
Thanks Andy

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Reply #1 – February 04, 2016, 09:11:22 pm

Andy,

How old is the detector? Most have a max of 10 year life. Usually the detector has a date code on the back of it.

As they age, many start giving false alarms.

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Reply #2 – February 04, 2016, 09:26:04 pm

Not sure Brett and thanks I will check it out. After thought why would it do it only when the Generator is running?

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Reply #3 – February 05, 2016, 12:23:23 am

Hi Andy...was the coach closed up or windows open? Nice puzzle!

You imagine alarm trigger might be coincidence with generator, so think another cause of the alarm? .....you aired out the coach and that solved it but the airing out would have solved regardless if cause was generator or other. I assume you have a diesel powered generator.

I had a strange cause once....the shower p-trap dried during storage, fumes from gray tank triggered alarm. Took some thinking and disbelief but poured water in shower drain, problem solved as i recall. Interesting to see what you find.

Also found what Brett reported on age of the sensor, good idea on that

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Reply #4 – February 05, 2016, 01:54:34 am

Hi Andy, you didn't mention if there was a recent bathroom encounter of the second kind. Ours went off while a visitor was making use of the facility. Good thing they were just finishing up or it might have scared the **** out out of them. It did raise quite an alarm though and lots of commotion. Apparently it is sensitive to other gasses as well. Good time to change it.

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Reply #5 – February 05, 2016, 02:07:11 am

My brother's dog activated his alarm by passing gas while sleeping by it.

Rich

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Reply #6 – February 05, 2016, 06:40:14 am

Sometimes one has to look a little closer to home---like changing one's diet.

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Reply #7 – February 05, 2016, 08:13:21 am

Ours went off while DW was cleaning and spraying cleaning products. Scared her! We updated the alarm as well and had it checked for leaks as it was at that time new to us. Good for heart testing!

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Reply #8 – February 05, 2016, 09:38:26 am

A sulfating old battery will set off the propane alarm.

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Reply #9 – February 05, 2016, 10:42:18 am

Thanks guys, I can't remember if I had any gas issues lol so I think I will do as others suggested and change it.am sure it's the original one but can't be sure. As always thanks

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Reply #10 – February 05, 2016, 06:10:46 pm

Quote from: amos.harrison – February 05, 2016, 09:38:26 am

A sulfating old battery will set off the propane alarm.

Absolutely. I'm not sure if it was the old sulfating battery or the low voltage from the house batteries that were 10 years old that caused my propane detector to alarm intermittently but new house batteries solved the problem. BTW, Following Michelle's sage advice I replaced all the alarms in the coach 2 years ago so, in my case, it was probably not an alarm old age issue.

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Exhaust fumes

February 04, 2016, 09:03:24 pm

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Reply #1 – February 04, 2016, 09:11:22 pm

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Reply #2 – February 04, 2016, 09:26:04 pm

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Reply #3 – February 05, 2016, 12:23:23 am

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Reply #4 – February 05, 2016, 01:54:34 am

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Reply #5 – February 05, 2016, 02:07:11 am

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Reply #6 – February 05, 2016, 06:40:14 am

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Reply #7 – February 05, 2016, 08:13:21 am

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Reply #8 – February 05, 2016, 09:38:26 am

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