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RV Carbon Monoxide alarm, smoke, and LP gas [message #265062] Wed, 29 October 2014 09:04 Go to next message
lqqkatjon is currently offline  lqqkatjon   United States
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would like to get one that is not drawing on the 12Volt system. I know they make 10 year lithium for homes, but are not rated for RV use(I guess not for extreme freezing and heat and vibration)

anybody know of one? not coming up in my searching yet.


Jon Roche 75 palm beach EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now. St. Cloud, MN http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
Re: RV Carbon Monoxide alarm, smoke, and LP gas [message #265099 is a reply to message #265062] Wed, 29 October 2014 18:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jhbridges is currently offline  jhbridges   United States
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I have a kiddie battery operated one. It seems to work.

--johnny


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Re: [GMCnet] RV Carbon Monoxide alarm, smoke, and LP gas [message #265103 is a reply to message #265062] Wed, 29 October 2014 20:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jim Miller is currently offline  Jim Miller   United States
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Sorry - I do not know of any specifically rated for permanent RV installation. In my case I simply take two out of the house and put them in the RV before I set sail and then put them back in the house upon my return. Once parked in a camp site I will use their self-test buttons to make sure they didn't sustain damage due to vibration while on the road.

--Jim "saving the lives of Onans...one unit at a time" Miller
1977 Eleganza II
1977 Royale
Hamilton, OH

On Oct 29, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Jon Roche wrote:

> would like to get one that is not drawing on the 12Volt system. I know they make 10 year lithium for homes, but are not rated for RV use(I guess not
> for extreme freezing and heat and vibration)


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Re: RV Carbon Monoxide alarm, smoke, and LP gas [message #265105 is a reply to message #265062] Wed, 29 October 2014 21:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jim Galbavy is currently offline  Jim Galbavy   United States
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Jon,

Google MAC the FIRE GUY's website. He has detectors DESIGNED and APPROVED
for RVs. RV detectors are more sensitive than the ones that are designed
for home use. You could die of smoke inhalation in a RV before a home alarm
would go off.

jim galbavy
'73 x-CL ANNIE
Lake Mary, FL

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Re: RV Carbon Monoxide alarm, smoke, and LP gas [message #265111 is a reply to message #265105] Wed, 29 October 2014 21:57 Go to previous message
Otterwan   United States
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You want to look closely at those 10 year battery life claims. Most of those are for lithium batteries used as backup batteries in hard wired systems, not stand alone battery systems. We use the hardwired/lithium backup ones in our shop, and I don't think I've yet to have one go more than 4 years.

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