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djchapple · 08-09-2008, 08:44 PM

Some time ago in the USA we hired an RV for an extensive tour of the far west. It was towards the end of October and nights (and days) got very cold near the Grand Canyon.

The RV had one terribly annoying fault. The inner fly screen door rattled noisily all the time so I bought some of the rectangular cross section stick on foam tape and it worked wonders.

However the tape didn't stick well enough in some areas so I bought a rube of Uhu glue and stuck the foam tape back on. Now on exiting we had to descend two or three steps down and the carbon dioxide meter was placed at the lowest point right NEXT to the door AND the Uhu affixed foam tape.

The glue unfortunately gave off fumes which the carbon monoxide meter took to be carbon monoxide and we could not stop the meter sounding off (as it was hard wired into the power supply and for safety purposes had no on/off switch).

It was late in the evening, very dark and very cold (-18 Celsius most nights) and the only way to stop the very loud noise disturbing all our neighbours was to leave the door open for about three hours.

Boy were we cold but I learnt something about Uhu glue and carbon monoxide meters.

PS: were are now mixing up carbon monixe and smoke meters

08-09-2008, 08:44 PM	#25 (permalink)
djchapple Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 59 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Some time ago in the USA we hired an RV for an extensive tour of the far west. It was towards the end of October and nights (and days) got very cold near the Grand Canyon. The RV had one terribly annoying fault. The inner fly screen door rattled noisily all the time so I bought some of the rectangular cross section stick on foam tape and it worked wonders. However the tape didn't stick well enough in some areas so I bought a rube of Uhu glue and stuck the foam tape back on. Now on exiting we had to descend two or three steps down and the carbon dioxide meter was placed at the lowest point right NEXT to the door AND the Uhu affixed foam tape. The glue unfortunately gave off fumes which the carbon monoxide meter took to be carbon monoxide and we could not stop the meter sounding off (as it was hard wired into the power supply and for safety purposes had no on/off switch). It was late in the evening, very dark and very cold (-18 Celsius most nights) and the only way to stop the very loud noise disturbing all our neighbours was to leave the door open for about three hours. Boy were we cold but I learnt something about Uhu glue and carbon monoxide meters. PS: were are now mixing up carbon monixe and smoke meters Last edited by djchapple; 08-09-2008 at 08:46 PM.