C02 detector going off when slide is in - RV-Dreams Community Forum

NWescapee · RV-Dreams Family Member

C02 detector going off when slide is in

CJSX2fromCT · RV-Dreams Family Member

Is your stove pilot light on or off?

NWescapee · RV-Dreams Family Member

On

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

NWescapee wrote:
On

That confuses me. We've got the same model number and year as yours, and we don't have pilot lights. Have you made a change to your coach? Also, when our cooktop cover is down, no gas can get to the range at all because of a gas valve back in the cabinet to the right of the range that is opened/closed by the opening/closing of the range cover.

All of our gas appliances are pilot-less lighting systems.

Terry

igotjam · RV-Dreams Family Member

How long since you replaced the detector? The life expectancy is 5 years as I recall and most of mine have never lasted that long. There is a date on the back of the detector so you can see how old it is.

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

could be a pilot.....could be something off gassing that is only exposed when the slide is in......(header on the slide have fabric)........do you use air freshner on your fabric that contains alchohol?.......lots of vairables here but these are a few

Barbaraok · RV-Dreams Family Member

CO2 or CO detector? Or Propane detector? Having the slide in or out shouldn't make a difference. What do you have running in the way of furnace, stove top, etc?

Barb

Russ Ranger · RV-Dreams Family Member

We had our detector go off and after searching I found a bad battery. Gasses entered bedroom which was located right over battery area in basement.

Once I opened the basement door I could smell the problem.

NWescapee · RV-Dreams Family Member

OK, correction, Dale told me it was our propane detector, the fridge is right next to the detector and was running off propane. It finally quit when we left the slide out for 30 minutes or so. We had brought the slide in right after I finished boiling water in the the kettle, stove is right next to the fridge, so perhaps that was part of the issue.

Terry, I just assumed we had a pilot light since it was propane, however our cook top cover was in the up position, 90% of the time it stays up, only close it when travelling or the rare occasion when I need more counter space for cooking but am not using the stove which is maybe once a month.

Understand Lucky Mikes comment about a cleaner with alchohol, I forget that one every time I clean the floor, however this time no cleaning was involved as I didn't think cleaning in the middle of a huge dust cloud would be effective.

After leaving the slide out and Dale recheck in all the propane tank connections the noise just "magically" quit.

Thanks for the replies, I hate those shrill alarms and get nervous when they got off, doesn't help when the wind is howling, dust is blowing and I am questioning our sanity to boondock in cold weather.