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Ron 184
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Posted: 28 Mar 2019 at 3:49pm |
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I have a 2016 Pod last summer mine did the same thing no matter what I did to silence it, wouldn't stop. My 80lb dog looked to have come out of her fur. So after airing out the camper we settled down to watch TV. Again it went off, so unscrewed the cover cut the to wires. Just reattached it this week no issues happen yet going camping this weekend time will tell.
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furpod
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Yes it does.
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Idaho Jones
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Have had ours go off several times for no apparent reason (propane was turned off). I'm wondering if the detector goes off when the battery is low. Anybody know?
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StauchwallBend
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If your "canned air" is the Costco Dust Off variety, the compressed gas is NOT AIR but "difluoroethane", a greenhouse chlorofluorocarbon. Just saying, Dust Off is not air.
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Heidi
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ewww
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Footslogger03
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A pair or two of "ripe" socks set our off more than once ...
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tsunami
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You are correct that alarm sensors can deteriorate. There is no real time limit for how long your units will last. I have had fire, Carbon Monoxide, and propane dectectors go off way before their stamped replacement dates. Replacing them has always alleviated the problem. But, don't just cut/remove an alarm without replacing them. All that bouncing of the Pod can cause eventual wear on the furnace and propane lines. Better to spend a few dollars replacing the alarms than betting that you can get out while the Pod is aflame or gases are suffocating you or you loved ones.
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pentachris
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Update: installed the new propane detector, and haven't had any problems since. So, it seems to have been a contaminated sensor, not a leak.
I read around a bit more after I'd ordered the new one and found that a can of compressed air will sometimes take care of a contaminated sensor. Oh well, what's done is done.
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furpod
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Yep, I might have to put in an on/off switch with 170lbs of flatulent dogs sleeping right above the dang thing... |
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