Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Page 3

TJ-RV · 26-05-2008, 04:38 PM

I'm tagging onto this older thread ....

Generator exhaust can be a source of carbon monoxide. Some run their generator all night and don't wake up. Others run their generator and kill their neighbor. Here's an article about carbon monoxide poisoning suffered by a family of RVers who were attending yeterday's Indy 500 race.

One of the things we encourage RVers to use is a gadget called a Genturi. It's essentially an exhaust stack that connects to the generator exhaust and releases the exhaust gases above the roof line. The manufacturer's web site doesn't show a photo of the Genturi installed, but click here and all will be revealed. The Genturi is easily removed, breaks down into smaller sections, and stores in a bag.

madbluemad · 04-07-2008, 02:03 PM

Our LPG Alarm went off during the middle of the night two weeks ago. It woke us immediatley

We identified the problem, and there was a problem, fixed it and went back to bed.

Without that alarm, who knows what

DOLLY · 28-08-2008, 12:24 PM

ya its really true

Spacerunner · 07-09-2008, 04:27 PM

During inclement weather I was using the BBQ in the awning with the window opened. Suddenly beep! beep!. Wassat! CO alarm, which I had forgotten was going manic. At least it tested the alarm, on of Lidl's specials.
I.ve fitted it discreetly under the table, and a LPG alarm next to the gas locker.

The smoke alarm goes off when the OH cooks, much to her annoyance and my mirth!

djchapple · 08-09-2008, 09:44 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

davejen · 28-09-2008, 08:51 PM

I must concur with kijana -we had a Winnebago Rialta a couple of years back- when we went to bed the alarm suddenly went off in the middle of the night. After much investigation nothing was found to be amiss so we settled down again.After another short period it went off again! the only thing that had happened was that I had farted!. This I think proves the link and also shows how sensitive the detector was. Mind you it was fitted near the floor on the kitchen unit. So beware- it might happen to you!!
Sweet Dreams

Dave& Jen

Braunston · 28-09-2008, 09:32 PM

Hi,

It is very very important to site CO monitors/detectors and Smoke Alarms in the correct place, some of the suggestions on possible positions in some of the threads should be checked against the monitor/detector manufacturers recommendations

Its really important for them to be in the right position ???

hope that helps

Tony Lee · 28-09-2008, 10:06 PM

Re siting of smoke and co alarms up high.

While it is not so important in the small volume of an RV, generally the wall or ceiling within 6" of the wall/ceiling junction should be avoided because air does not flow well in that area.

[on a similar note to the dog setting off the gas alarm - my LPG alarm went off and there was no evidence of a leak. Eventually realised there was a very faint smell of rum on the doormat next to the detector. Traced it to the bottle that had tipped over on the top of the fridge and was dripping a couple of drops a day.

Given the price of booze, the detector paid about a third of its purchase price that day]

bedfordmj · 28-09-2008, 10:19 PM

The first weekend away in our truck we'd turned generator on - to just make sure it worked ok, left Dog inside went back 30 mins later to find alarm going off. Fumes were getting inside and Dog was happy to get outside. It was a very still day, please be careful and fit a monitor and don't be as stupid as I was to leave a generator running unattended. My Dog is almost 14 and I cherish everyday I could have finished him off early and I'd never have forgiven myself.