Question:
With the propane bottles removed from the coach ours will go off when my wife gets into serious cleaning mode. She uses a bleach/water solution to sanitize every square inch and I presume the fumes from this cleaning activity set ours off on occasion. The owners manual for the detector says some cleaning products will set them off. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We have a 2000 Terry trailer and just returned from a 2 week vacation. While we were camping, we ran into a new problem that I have never encountered before… our propane leak detector would alarm randomly. After the first alarm, I snooped (soap water) all the propane connections in the entire trailer and found nothing. Our propane detector also detects the exhaust from our generator if the windows are open; I was quite concerned the first time, but after a few full correlations of generator running (and the exhaust smell in the motorhome) coupled with propane detector going off, and no other evidence of gas leak, we decided the propane detector also detects the unburned gasoline in the generator exhaust. This has been confirmed many times, and we must be careful which windows we leave open when running the genny to control it. Hope this helps, Barrie B
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We have a 2000 Terry trailer and just returned from a 2 week vacation. While we were camping, we ran into a new problem that I have never encountered before… our propane leak detector would alarm randomly. After the first alarm, I snooped (soap water) all the propane connections in the entire trailer and found nothing.
Our propane detector also detects the exhaust from our generator if the windows are open; I was quite concerned the first time, but after a few full correlations of generator running (and the exhaust smell in the motorhome) coupled with propane detector going off, and no other evidence of gas leak, we decided the propane detector also detects the unburned gasoline in the generator exhaust. This has been confirmed many times, and we must be careful which windows we leave open when running the genny to control it. Hope this helps, Barrie B
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My bet is that you are going to have to replace your house battery. I do not know whether it is low voltage or extra hydrogen gas generated make alarms go off. Mike Hendrix Pensacola – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We have a 2000 Terry trailer and just returned from a 2 week vacation. While we were camping, we ran into a new problem that I have never encountered before… our propane leak detector would alarm randomly. After the first alarm, I snooped (soap water) all the propane connections in the entire trailer and found nothing. Then I isolated the bottles and watched the empty detector on the regulator. I let this sit for 10 hours and it always indicated normal pressure (green). The alarm would go off late at night and this was very annoying! We traveled home on a straight drive of 12 hours with the camper totally bottled up (windows/vents closes) and everytime we stopped the alarm was quiet. I would think if we had a true leak, it would show then, since no A/C running to stir up the air and all the windows closed. Well, anyways, I ended up pulling the fuse for the thing towards the end of the trip. How long are these things supposed to last? We leave our camper powered up all the time, so that little detector runs always… do these things wear out??
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I just went through a similar scenario with my 24′ class c. Spoke with several rv repair shops and also called the manufacture of the detector. Most gave me little or no information. I had to use experience and the little I did manage to glean from the Manufacturer. Unless you are really confident in your abilities you may want to take it to a repair shop. !!!CAUTION: WORKING WITH PROPANE CAN CAUSE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE!!! 1– Is the detector faulty? Check to make sure that your coach batteries are not depleting late at night, this can cause it to alarm. Try installing a new one, they don’t cost that much. These detectors can be sensitive to hydro-carbons and humidity. Do not store chemicals and the like in or about the cabinets that house the detector. !!!CAUTION: WORKING WITH PROPANE CAN CAUSE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE!!! If the detector did activate legitimately There can be residual in the detector/area that will continue to activate it intermittently. Try removing the detector from the coach and placing in the fresh air for 30-60 minutes and reinstall. !!!CAUTION: WORKING WITH PROPANE CAN CAUSE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE!!! 2– Determine that you don’t have a leak. You will need a meter that measures low pressures 0-30 cm/H2O. Attach the meter to the appliance end of the gas line. (I did this by disconnecting the gas burner on the stove and attaching the meter. Then turned on the valve for that burner. This left the rest of the system undisturbed.) Pressurize the system and then turn off the supply valve at the propane tank. Look for a loss of pressure over about a 30 minute period. Ideally there should be no loss of pressure. !!!CAUTION: WORKING WITH PROPANE CAN CAUSE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE!!! If you do find that you have a loss of pressure, I can’t say what is acceptable. You may want to take it to shop for repair. Or you can get a leak detector designed for use on gas systems and apply it to all connections one at a time with the supply tank turned on. Bubbles should appear if there is a leak. Also it is possible for an appliance valve to be leaky. Not all connections are readily apparent. !!!CAUTION: WORKING WITH PROPANE CAN CAUSE EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE!!! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We have a 2000 Terry trailer and just returned from a 2 week vacation. While we were camping, we ran into a new problem that I have never encountered before… our propane leak detector would alarm randomly. After the first alarm, I snooped (soap water) all the propane connections in the entire trailer and found nothing. Then I isolated the bottles and watched the empty detector on the regulator. I let this sit for 10 hours and it always indicated normal pressure (green). The alarm would go off late at night and this was very annoying! We traveled home on a straight drive of 12 hours with the camper totally bottled up (windows/vents closes) and everytime we stopped the alarm was quiet. I would think if we had a true leak, it would show then, since no A/C running to stir up the air and all the windows closed. Well, anyways, I ended up pulling the fuse for the thing towards the end of the trip. How long are these things supposed to last? We leave our camper powered up all the time, so that little detector runs always… do these things wear out??
Response:
We have a 2000 Terry trailer and just returned from a 2 week vacation. While we were camping, we ran into a new problem that I have never encountered before… our propane leak detector would alarm randomly. After the first alarm, I snooped (soap water) all the propane connections in the entire trailer and found nothing. Then I isolated the bottles and watched the empty detector on the regulator. I let this sit for 10 hours and it always indicated normal pressure (green). The alarm would go off late at night and this was very annoying! We traveled home on a straight drive of 12 hours with the camper totally bottled up (windows/vents closes) and everytime we stopped the alarm was quiet. I would think if we had a true leak, it would show then, since no A/C running to stir up the air and all the windows closed. Well, anyways, I ended up pulling the fuse for the thing towards the end of the trip. How long are these things supposed to last? We leave our camper powered up all the time, so that little detector runs always… do these things wear out??
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Low battery level will often cause them to trigger. Reason why when travelling home 12vDC would have been high and did not trigger. — No.1 oxymoron – Microsoft works – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We have a 2000 Terry trailer and just returned from a 2 week vacation. While we were camping, we ran into a new problem that I have never encountered before… our propane leak detector would alarm randomly. After the first alarm, I snooped (soap water) all the propane connections in the entire trailer and found nothing. Then I isolated the bottles and watched the empty detector on the regulator. I let this sit for 10 hours and it always indicated normal pressure (green). The alarm would go off late at night and this was very annoying! We traveled home on a straight drive of 12 hours with the camper totally bottled up (windows/vents closes) and everytime we stopped the alarm was quiet. I would think if we had a true leak, it would show then, since no A/C running to stir up the air and all the windows closed. Well, anyways, I ended up pulling the fuse for the thing towards the end of the trip. How long are these things supposed to last? We leave our camper powered up all the time, so that little detector runs always… do these things wear out??
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We were hooked up to park service each time this happened, also, the detector has a low voltage led that was never lit. Skip – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Low battery level will often cause them to trigger. Reason why when travelling home 12vDC would have been high and did not trigger. — No.1 oxymoron – Microsoft works We have a 2000 Terry trailer and just returned from a 2 week vacation. While we were camping, we ran into a new problem that I have never encountered before… our propane leak detector would alarm randomly. After the first alarm, I snooped (soap water) all the propane connections in the entire trailer and found nothing. Then I isolated the bottles and watched the empty detector on the regulator. I let this sit for 10 hours and it always indicated normal pressure (green). The alarm would go off late at night and this was very annoying! We traveled home on a straight drive of 12 hours with the camper totally bottled up (windows/vents closes) and everytime we stopped the alarm was quiet. I would think if we had a true leak, it would show then, since no A/C running to stir up the air and all the windows closed. Well, anyways, I ended up pulling the fuse for the thing towards the end of the trip. How long are these things supposed to last? We leave our camper powered up all the time, so that little detector runs always… do these things wear out??
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