RV living advice
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It s the holidays. The camper has been parked up all winter, It's time for your annual vacation. Hit the open road, but don’t let a beeping carbon monoxide detector ruin your RV adventure!
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Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas that can be deadly in high concentrations.
That makes a CO detector essential for any RV camper. But what do you do if the detector starts beeping?
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It’s never a good sign when your carbon monoxide detector beeps, but it’s an important signal to act quickly. There are several possible reasons including:
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Your RV carbon monoxide alarm is beeping because it has found a dangerous amount of CO gas.
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Many CO detectors will beep when the batteries are low. The sound of the beep varies, but it’s usually a brief chirp every minute or so.
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False alarms on carbon monoxide detectors can be a real nuisance. High moisture from the RV bathroom, heavy traffic nearby, CO seeping in from generators
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If your CO detector isn’t working correctly, it may beep even when no carbon monoxide is in the air.
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RV carbon monoxide alarms have to be taken seriously. If the alarm goes off, never assume there’s no CO leak