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backwater4 · 07-17-2016, 11:46 AM

Can someone tell me what fuse/breaker powers the smoke detector? It goes off without a reason, need to replace.

Atom Ant · 07-17-2016, 11:52 AM

They are battery only. Are you talking about the CO detector?

backwater4 · 07-17-2016, 12:49 PM

I thought it was battery backup . I pulled it ,would not shut off. Has done this twice.

Pepper2 · 07-17-2016, 01:08 PM

Mine are battery powered. It will chirp when the battery is low.

royals1212 · 07-17-2016, 01:17 PM

Mine is also very sensitive. Have found cleaning products and hair spray (DW) seem to set it off. Start venting with half bath fan when using such items. Have not had a issue since.

brobox · 07-17-2016, 01:31 PM

They are battery powered only on the 2014. I don't know what year yours is, but I have replaced mine once already.

backwater4 · 07-17-2016, 01:33 PM

Last time it happened we were outside , pulled battery didn't stop for a minute or so. I'll just replace it. Thanks everyone.

Atom Ant · 07-17-2016, 02:29 PM

Just note that RV smoke detectors are Ion. You should replace with an Ion. You can add a photoelectric, but keep the Ion. Hard to find at Home Depot, but you can get them on Amazon like the factory used

https://www.amazon.com/BRK-Electron-...smoke+detector

or they have some dual sensor type.

Saltydog44 · 08-14-2016, 06:05 AM

FWIW - we had the phantom alarm at 2:20 - AM of course. Since the 2017's have no fuses, I went outside to try to reset or turn off the CB's. The alarm quit after a few tries so back to bed - for 45 minutes.

This time I prepared for surgery thanks to all of you on the board. Got the screwdriver and the right bits got down and the demon that apparently inhabits the monitor quickly and just as suddenly as it began, turned the alarm off.

I guess he or she is afraid of the wire cutters that were about to kill the power.

Still no idea what caused the issue. Aguahot and generator were not running nor had they been for hours.

Closed the windows in the LR and turned a fan on high. It was the LP alarm by the way not the CO. It's not clear why we would have an LP monitor in the coach anyway.

brobox · 08-14-2016, 07:03 AM

My CO detector was doing the same thing. Replaced it and the new one no longer goes off for no reason. Jacob did say that some of them were overly sensitive. I don't know about the new ones, but on the classic they can be unplugged in the back.

MoHoGo · 08-14-2016, 08:25 AM

2017 Anthem

No LP on board
On campground power, battery voltage normal

I was able to silence the alarm with the front panel button. The red LP light was illuminated. After reset did not go off again.

Sewer / Gray tank smell was high, anyone think that this could set off the alarm?
BTW, my 6 year old grandson was staying in the coach with us on the sofa bed and never woke up...can't quite understand that one

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On the issue with the black / gray tank odor, following Brobox's thread I pulled the hose from the washer into the stand pipe, poured water into the standpipe to flood the trap and put plastic wrap over the inlet to the standpipe. Odor went away. Warned the DW not to do wash until a more permanent fix is figured out. I think that in lieu of plumbers putty I will cut down the length of the washer drain hose and make a plastic wrap seal between the drain hose and standpipe and see how that goes.

Amazing what fixes you can come up with at 5AM when the LP alarm goes off. Between the glass break alarms going off in the early AM and now the LP alarm sleeping late in not in the cards I guess.

RG - Jim

Atom Ant · 08-14-2016, 09:42 AM

Brings up an interesting point - I wonder why they still install LP detectors in all electric units. Maybe they are required through the RVIA regardless of whether it has propane.

royals1212 · 08-14-2016, 12:34 PM

By chance did you se which LED light was flashing on the unit? I believe mine has on for low battery. Also, the aqua hot will fault out for a low battery, that is so the fan can evacuate fumes from the burn chamber.

DebbieMH · 08-14-2016, 02:37 PM

I pulled the fuse on my CO2 detector and bought one from Lowes. Got tired of it going off all the time. One from Lowes hasn't even peeped in a year. I do check it once a month to make sure the batteries are good.