Yahoo Message Number: 12225 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/supercrvgroup/conversations/messages/12225)
While I am burning up the electrons....
Well, changed the battery in the Carbon Monoxide (CO) detector and.... After a few days it started beeping again and I took a closer look at it.... It had expired... hmmmm.
They do not live forever it would seem. Picked up a new one.
+ A reminder that Generators were the second leading cause of death in Hurricane Sandy...
+ One of our group was boon docked this year and had someone come up in the middle of the night, set out their little Honda, and set their Carbon Monoxide alarm off... They may be still with us because their alarm was working...
So with those thoughts in mind I was motivated to get my CO detector up to date, and with a fresh battery!
Kevin
Kevin (Real) McCoy [KF5FUZ]
("Roscoe Ventura" Jayco Seneca HD SS 34 Diesel 2006; "Toad" Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 2007)
Yahoo Message Number: 12226 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/supercrvgroup/conversations/messages/12226)
Kevin (Real) McCoy wrote:
Most of the CO detectors and some smoke detectors will have either an
expiration date or a manufactured date and estimated life on it
somewhere. I replaced mine last year as they both indicated a 6 year
life. I replaced the CO detector with another and then bought
combination CO and smoke detectors for the rest of the coach.
This is a big problem. I had a diesel pusher pull in one night while
boondocking at a fly-in and his gen exhaust lined right up with my front
door....which was open. My alarm went off soon after he pulled in. When
I mentioned it to him and asked if we could reposition our coaches to
avoid the problem, he told me to stick it up my ass, it was his one
vacation and he rented the coach to use.
Needless to say it wasn't a pleasant stay. I moved the next day, but it
was to a spot a lot further away from the action. I installed a gen-turi
stack for those rare times when I do boondock and want to run the genny.
It seems to work pretty well.
Greg
Yahoo Message Number: 12227 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/supercrvgroup/conversations/messages/12227)
I bought a couple of co detectors, the battery versions, and place them near the occupants heads during sleep time, especially when running the genset overnight while on the road during winter months. I have found that running my heater on the battery usually leads to dead batteries by morning.
Roger
Yahoo Message Number: 12228 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/supercrvgroup/conversations/messages/12228)
I found a compo fire / CO detector with a 10 YEAR battery at Lowes or HD.
Be well,
~
Victor - KI6IM
Kodiak Diesel Dutchmen 34H Bunkhouse
On Thursday, December 5, 2013 2:08 PM, "rsri1@..." wrote:
I bought a couple of co detectors, the battery versions, and place them near the occupants heads during sleep time, especially when running the genset overnight while on the road during winter months. I have found that running my heater on the battery usually leads to dead batteries by morning.
Roger