Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 20:35:09 -0700
Reply-To: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
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From: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Fire extinguisher , Now CO and Propane Alarms
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Interesting, my '81 Wanderlodge has a gas detection system from the factory; nice to see the RVIA getting on board - better late than never I guess. The system includes a cut-off solenoid that stops propane flow if gas is detected inside the bus. I tested it with the stove one day and it still works fine. If you could get your new CO or propane detector to trip a relay, it would be a great addition to the GL Campers propane system.
When we were packing up leaving Darlington a couple of weeks ago, an alarm went off in the coach that I hadn't heard before. I had left the side door open and the RV next door started his engine - less than a minute later the alarm went off. Evidently it can still detect CO after 24 years too. The new portable CO detector that the wife had in the bedroom never went off. I had used that same detector in Goldibox when I lived in her in Jacksonville for a couple of weeks and had to use a portable heater to keep from freezing to death; it got into the 30's a couple of nights.
Good luck,
Tim
jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> wrote:
RVIA now requires a CO detector (as of jan 1) in any RV now built with a
fueled device and sleeping area. Even though the RVIA is just a
manufacturers group, the NFPA and other agencies and many states usually
write their standards into the statutes as minimums.
There also is debate right now on LP detectors as well.
Jimt
On 5/23/05 7:26 PM, "Stan Wilder" wrote:
> Interesting thought on fire extinguishers but it's also not a bad idea to
> keep a Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm in your van.
> I managed to set of my Carbon Monoxide detector more than once trying to
> stay warm in winter by warming up the coffee pot with the windows closed.
> I guess it would tell the Air Cooled guys if their heater boxes are leaking
> into the system.
>
> Stan Wilder
> Engine Ceramics
> 214-352-4931
> www.engineceramics.com
>
TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33
Winter Park, Florida
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