Beeping CO detector

Nancy · Post by **Nancy** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:57 pm

anyone know why it is beeping about every minute. I changed the battery and that didn't stop it. Do they go bad? It is like chinese torture beeping every minute.

mi99amigo · Post by **mi99amigo** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:53 pm

I believe some older models of CO detectors do in fact go bad. But you might want to double check your instruction manual. CO is nothing to ignore, as it is odorless and the symptoms sneak up on you. It would be well worth the money to buy a new one to double check, just in case.

In the mean time, keep the coach well ventilated.

Mel Wilbur · Post by **Mel Wilbur** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:03 pm

Nancy, check out the postings on Jan. 16, 2002 titled CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM. The mfg. suggested replacement time is 6 years so your alarm may possibly be defective as your coach is only 3 years old.

shilohdad · Post by **shilohdad** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:04 am

This may sound like a dumb question, but it happened to us! Are you sure it is the CO detector and not the smoke detector? We literally could not tell which one was beeping in our coach until we placed each one in separate areas of the coach so we could tell where the beep was coming from.

bcope01 · Post by **bcope01** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:45 am

shilohdad wrote:This may sound like a dumb question, but it happened to us! Are you sure it is the CO detector and not the smoke detector? We literally could not tell which one was beeping in our coach until we placed each one in separate areas of the coach so we could tell where the beep was coming from.

Ditto.

Another time, we thought one of the smoke alarms in the house was beeping not long after changing the battery. Thought it couldn't be. After investigation, found that the beeping was the low battery warning coming from my cell phone that was sitting near by.

Bill

ddpjep · Post by **ddpjep** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:18 pm

We have the same problem with the carbon monoxide detector beeping in our 2008 24RB even though the battery is new and fully charged. The CO detector is defective and we plan to replace it. Meanwhile we have removed the battery to stop the intermittent beeping. We never had a problem with the CO detector in our 2005 24RB motorcoach.

Nancy · Post by **Nancy** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:41 am

Thanks everyone.........it is the CO detector by the back bed beeping. I took the battery out and no more beeping for now. I guess I will go buy a new one. We have all the windows and door open since it is parked in the garage to air it out. A month ago it was the stupid detector going crazy that is by the steps when you enter the side door. I pulled the fuse on it since that one is really ear piercing and wouldn't stop.

Trisha · Post by **Trisha** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:43 pm

I've had problems with the one by the door. If the house batteries are low, it'll go. Also, weird things with aeresols can set it off. I've turned mine off and then turned it back on and it stopped. But it's gone off at weird times too, (like while pulling out of a filling station) where it just annoyed me enough to turn it off. Later, turned it back on and didnt' have any more problem.

Again, this is the propane detector near the door.

If you do have a propane leak, you need to "sweep" the propane fumes out, can' t just open windows because the gas sinks. So you sweep. It looks silly but it works.

I wouldn't want to run with it turned off all the time. You need to find out why it's going off....

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