LP Detector Exhibiting Flakey Behavior. Any ideas?

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Hi Liz:

As in everything, dust can cause you problems there as well. Try blowing
into the sensor area to clear the dust out and see what happens. Failing
that the sensor may need replacing. I am taking for granted that your
sensor unit is the grey one? There should also be a reset button on it,
some do some don't have that option. Replacing the unit is no big deal
either, really, 3 butt connectors and crimp pliers. I have had to replace 2
lately.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm

At 03:30 PM 9/29/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>Howdy, Y'all.
>
>In our 1993 Wanderlodge, the LP gas detector has been sounding off
>lately. When that happens, I go out into the kitchen to check. But I
>can't smell anything amiss. That stinky smell of a propane leak isn't
>present. Sometimes the detector goes off for about 5 seconds then
>stops. This happened at 1 AM Wednesday. Between 1-2 AM, it sounded
>about 4 times.(didn't wake Jack up though!) Last night, around 9 PM it
>went off again. We waited to see if it would stop but it didn't. Jack
>turned it off for the night. At 11:15 AM, today, I turned it back on.
>This behavior is occuring more often in the last 4 months. Jack is
>wondering if the sensor of the detector is failing. As far as we know,
>this detector is original to the coach.
>
>Any ideas as to how we troubleshoot this annoying problem?
>
>Thanks,
>Liz
>
>