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03-14-2017, 03:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Longview, WA, Washington
Trailer: 2013 Escape 15B - 2014 Nissan Frontier SL
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Originally Posted by WLYBGR
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No, you don't have to unmount from the wall, but SO... much easier since it is only a twist to undo and redo. Like I said, just pull OUT. Glad you solved it. BTW... if you travel in dusty climates, expect to replace in about 4 years. I had to replace this year as the beeping was not battery related. Blowing out did not clear the beep. Just an FYI
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2013 Escape 15B
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03-14-2017, 04:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
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I replaced mine with one for kitchens. Has a hush button that shuts it down for 10 minutes.
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10-07-2017, 02:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Ashland, Massachusetts
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA "Wild Thing"
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Day 15, Smoke/CO Detector going off at Night
So day 15 in Wild Thing and the shake-down continues. Last night the Smoke/CO detector started going off. I'm at a campground with shore power. Nothing on but the refrigerator on a/c. Water heater not turned on, I was not cooking (alarm started at midnight), furnace was not on, it was raining outside and had been all day so the windows and vents were closed. It screamed 6 times then quit. I got up, checked around for any evidence of smoke, aired out the trailer, waited and when it did not come back on, went back to sleep. The process repeated at 3 AM, 6 AM, and again at 9 am. The rain had stopped by then so I opened up all the windows and vents and ran Maxx Fan to pull air out for a couple of hours. The only other thing I could think of to do was change the batteries in the detector. So far these action seems to have resolved the issue. I've had no alarms in the last 5 hours. Hopefully it will be a quiet night tonight...
I experienced the propane alarm on day 5 when I failed to run the range hood fan when cooking but that was easily resolved by running the fan. That alarm only came on once and the issue was gone after taking corrective action. This alarm was a bit more baffling. I'm still not sure what was setting it off. Any ideas? There was someone burning stuff on the other side of the park this morning, but no one close to me. Perhaps the smoke drifted? I think low batteries should give a "chirp", not the alarm like I had. Any advice appreciated so I can sleep tonight!
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5.0TA Travel Blog: WildThingEscapes
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver
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10-07-2017, 02:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
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Where is it located in your trailer?
1. Verify if it is a real propane issue. Turn off the gas in the front hatch and see if the alarm returns. Turn it back on and try again.
For now I'd make sure to leave a window and the roof vent cracked if it rains. Can't say I've ever had mine completely closed up when we're in it.
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10-07-2017, 03:04 PM
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Location: Ashland, Massachusetts
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It's located near the ceiling on the bathroom wall facing the front. It's not the propane detector that was going off, its the smoke detector/Carbon Monoxide detector. There are 2 indicator lights, one for CO and one for Smoke. The indicator for smoke was lit, not the CO indicator. The propane detector is located near the floor by the dinette and it was quiet last night.
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Sarah Kochanowski
5.0TA Travel Blog: WildThingEscapes
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver
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10-07-2017, 03:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
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Sorry, here's the corrected photo
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10-07-2017, 03:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
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For some reason I keep thinking folks are talking about the propane, my bad. I was never very good in English class.
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10-07-2017, 04:08 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Ashland, Massachusetts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by padlin
For some reason I keep thinking folks are talking about the propane, my bad. I was never very good in English class.
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It is a bit confusing but I'm getting a crash course! All still quiet and the rain has stopped. I'll keep windows open tonight as you advised. Thanks!
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5.0TA Travel Blog: WildThingEscapes
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10-07-2017, 05:31 PM
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Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
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It could have been the batteries Sarah. Hopefully since you changed them it wont happen again. As for the propane detector going off, other than propane they can also be triggered by the offgassing of batteries as they charge - provided the gas isn't properly vented to the outside.
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10-07-2017, 07:06 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2013 19' & 2013 15B
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I have found that the smoke detector can be sensitive to high humidity levels in the trailer. I would vent with the Max fan and if problem continues let Reace know about it. He replaced our smoke detector when we had similar issues in our first year of ownership.
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10-07-2017, 07:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Ashland, Massachusetts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbryan4
It could have been the batteries Sarah. Hopefully since you changed them it wont happen again. As for the propane detector going off, other than propane they can also be triggered by the offgassing of batteries as they charge - provided the gas isn't properly vented to the outside.
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Thanks, I'll check the battery vent too. Still quiet...
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5.0TA Travel Blog: WildThingEscapes
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10-07-2017, 07:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Ashland, Massachusetts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Walter
I have found that the smoke detector can be sensitive to high humidity levels in the trailer. I would vent with the Max fan and if problem continues let Reace know about it. He replaced our smoke detector when we had similar issues in our first year of ownership.
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Thank you Dave. It was very humid so I'll consider that avenue if it happens again. Still quiet since I changed the batteries. Fingers crossed.
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5.0TA Travel Blog: WildThingEscapes
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10-07-2017, 08:06 PM
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#33
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Santa Rosa County, Florida
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 Tow: 2024 Toyota Tundra
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Last year at about this time the CO portion of my smoke / CO alarm went off, signifying a CO problem with four rapid beeps. The series of beeps happened only once; it didn't repeat. I changed out the batteries and had no further problems until recently. Two weeks ago it happened again-- one series of four beeps, and again I swapped out the batteries. This seemed to stop it again.
Alarms from the CO and propane alarms make me quite nervous. About twenty years ago a childhood friend of mine and his girlfriend went to sleep in a house heated by an apparently faulty propane heater. They never woke up. So don't disregard the alarms; try to make sure you know what is causing them.
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She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie-- propane
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