---M Caicedo <michaelcaicedo@...> wrote:
--- Chris Noeske <CHRISN@...> wrote:
I'm in the process of adding a Gasoline fired furnace to my 92 EV
Westfalia. And would like to know the following about the Winnebago camper.
1) Does Winnebago install a carbon monoxide detector?
Yes
2) Is it wired to the coach battery?
No. 9V battery Powered
3) Where is it mounted?
On the poptop just behind the passengers seat
4) What is the name of the manufacture?
COSTAR- Model 9L-i
5) Where can I buy it ?
Don't know - email address provided is mktsls@... 800-432-5599
I've seen it for sale at Camping World, a nationwide RV supply/service
chain.
6) How much does it cost?
don't know
If I recall correctly, it was in the neighborhood of $50-$60.
7) Does it go off allot?
Only once in the 3 months I've owned - while refilling tank at gas pump.
That sounds like the propane detector, which is a different thing. My
propane detector has also gone off while fueling (I now always close
the driver's door while fueling, to avoid the alarm.) My Carbon
Monoxide detector went off once, when the propane refrigerator was
starved for air, and its exhaust was drifting into the passenger
compartment through the open vent window immediately above the
refrigerator exhaust. Another poster to this list said the same thing
happened to him. I took the alarm seriously and ventilated the van,
but I wasn't feeling any symptoms of Carbon Monxide poisoning. If I
hadn't had the alarm, I might have woken up with a headache or worse.
8) Does it never go off, and you wonder if it works at all?
Not anymore. The manual suggests putting a butane cig lighter next
to it and letting the gas out for a few seconds without lighting it
to test.
That's the test for the propane detector. The CO alarm has a test
button, but it only checks the battery and sound producer. There's no
convenient, safe source of Carbon Monoxide to put the detection device
to a real test, but I know mine works because of the one time it went
off.
Before you start each trip, push that test button on the CO detector!
--Rich
