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Unplugged That Sucker [Gas Alarm]....Fuse Out!


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#1 Wallowa

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Posted 23 February 2019 - 01:00 AM

Old lame me finally saw the fuse for the propane/gas alarm in my '16 Hawk fuse panel...the alarm that was always going off, mostly around 0200 hrs...

 

So out came the fuse...my question:  Forget about the danger of not having an alarm; are there any other problems generated by taking that fuse out?

 

Thanks...Phil


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Posted 23 February 2019 - 03:02 AM

Yank it out and look at the date on the back. Its possible it sat on the shelf long enough that its already out of date.


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Posted 23 February 2019 - 03:45 AM

Yank it out and look at the date on the back. Its possible it sat on the shelf long enough that its already out of date.

 

 

Question is what constitutes "out of date"?


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Posted 23 February 2019 - 07:48 AM

Looks like they need replacing five years after manufacturing. https://www.stadealer.com/

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Posted 23 February 2019 - 12:25 PM

Ours was driving us crazy about 3 years past the manufactured date. Both high heat and humidity seemed to be settling it off. Also dust. Replaced it and it’s been fine for 6 months now.

I’d think other than safety concerns removing the fuse shouldn’t be a problem. In my 2015 FWC it’s on it’s own circuit, probably a safety requirement. My recommendation would be to replace it, there cheap and it’s a 5 minute job. Especially if you run a furnace.

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Posted 23 February 2019 - 02:06 PM

Our fuse for the propane/CO detector is labeled as "propane/CO detector and circuit breaker lights" and the circuit breaker lights stop when the propane/CO detector fuse is removed.  No big loss since we do not use the 120 volt grid.  The circuit breakers still work just not the breaker label lights. 

 

Our second propane/CO detector is failing so we are averaging less than 3 years of life from propane/CO detectors.  We switched our smoke detector to smoke/CO because of the poor life for propane/CO detectors.  

 

Our first propane/CO detector started alarming at 2 AM like yours and I was inspired by necessity (sever sleep disruption) to immediately pull the fuse.  

 

If there is nothing broken, then it's not an RV (also true for a house).  


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#7 ntsqd

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Posted 23 February 2019 - 06:29 PM

"If there is nothing broken, then it's not an RV."

Thanks!! I'm adding that to my list of indelible quotes.


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Posted 23 February 2019 - 08:21 PM

 
If there is nothing broken, then it's not an RV (also true for a house).

Corollary: If it isn’t leaking, it’s empty.
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Posted 23 February 2019 - 08:34 PM

Old lame me finally saw the fuse for the propane/gas alarm in my '16 Hawk fuse panel...the alarm that was always going off, mostly around 0200 hrs...

So out came the fuse...my question: Forget about the danger of not having an alarm; are there any other problems generated by taking that fuse out?

Thanks...Phil

Did you blow out the unit with air? I would try that and then replace it.
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Posted 24 February 2019 - 12:25 AM

Just got my brand spanking new Grandby.  I'm going to do the same to it as I have done to other campers/RV's I have owned with the CO detector.

 

Cut the wire on the back side of it.

 

Those things have been going off for years with dust, dog farts, cooking, sweeping the floor, brushing your teeth too close to the thing, wife using hair spray and looking at them the wrong way.

 

Also running the battery down while in storage.

 

I'm kinda like you Phil. . . . only I'm using a pair of wire cutters.  


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