We were driving our Swift 590 back from an engine service yesterday and the carbon monoxide alarm went off while we were driving. After stopping a couple of times and resetting it, it continued to go off. We concluded that either there was gas in the van or the detector needed new batteries or was faulty.
After a bit of thought it appears that the culprit is the leisure battery which has been on the blink for a while and is now flat. We intended renewing it on the habitation service this week. We read that a leisure battery, even a sealed one, can give off hydrogen if it is faulty or needs renewing, and this can set the carbon monoxide off. Hydrogen is highly flammable.
Good to know the carbon monoxide alarm alerted us to a problem.
After a bit of thought it appears that the culprit is the leisure battery which has been on the blink for a while and is now flat. We intended renewing it on the habitation service this week. We read that a leisure battery, even a sealed one, can give off hydrogen if it is faulty or needs renewing, and this can set the carbon monoxide off. Hydrogen is highly flammable.
Good to know the carbon monoxide alarm alerted us to a problem.