Carbon Monxide Sensor

[Curt Sprenger]

I'm getting ready to try the propane heaters to see if they work. Does
the 1987 PT38 come from the factory with a Carbon Monoxide sensor?

Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.

[Jeff Miller]

Yes and no. The sensor behind your breaker panel is listed as a CO
sensor, but it is intended to detect a fire in the breaker panel and
nothing else (assuming it is working properly), tied to the LP sensor
panel.

There is no original CO sensor for the heating system.

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
wrote:
>
> I'm getting ready to try the propane heaters to see if they work.
Does
> the 1987 PT38 come from the factory with a Carbon Monoxide sensor?
>
> Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>

[Curt Sprenger]

Thank you Jeff.

Next questions - Has anyone experience with the battery operated CO
sensor vs the hard wired? Wal-Mart sells a battery sensor. Camping World
sells a hard wired sensor. Is one CO sensor enough?

Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.



Jeff Miller wrote:

> Yes and no. The sensor behind your breaker panel is listed as a CO
> sensor, but it is intended to detect a fire in the breaker panel and
> nothing else (assuming it is working properly), tied to the LP sensor
> panel.
>
> There is no original CO sensor for the heating system.
>
> - Jeff Miller
> in Holland, MI
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm getting ready to try the propane heaters to see if they work.
> Does
> > the 1987 PT38 come from the factory with a Carbon Monoxide sensor?
> >
> > Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
> >
>
>
>
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[Jeff Miller]

The hard-wired doesn't need batteries every year, and some of them
allow dual-power sources (APU battery & engine batteries for
example). I don't know if it is still made, but I have installed a
combination LP/CO detector to replace the original one (I believe it
became factory/standard in '88) which included an LP shutoff.

LP and CO are both heavier than air, makes a good dual-sensor under
the refrigerator.

I also feel more comfortable with a digital-readout type (110vac +
internal battery) such as the NightHawk brand from Menards et al just
for a "warm fuzzy" feeling, as a back-up.

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
wrote:
>
> Thank you Jeff.
>
> Next questions - Has anyone experience with the battery operated CO
> sensor vs the hard wired? Wal-Mart sells a battery sensor. Camping
World
> sells a hard wired sensor. Is one CO sensor enough?
>
> Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>
>
>
> Jeff Miller wrote:
>
> > Yes and no. The sensor behind your breaker panel is listed as a CO
> > sensor, but it is intended to detect a fire in the breaker panel
and
> > nothing else (assuming it is working properly), tied to the LP
sensor
> > panel.
> >
> > There is no original CO sensor for the heating system.
> >
> > - Jeff Miller
> > in Holland, MI
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm getting ready to try the propane heaters to see if they
work.
> > Does
> > > the 1987 PT38 come from the factory with a Carbon Monoxide
sensor?
> > >
> > > Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
> > >
> >
> >
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