JumbleDuck
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Yes, sorry. Made on 2/8/13, replace within ten years.Do you mean 2023? That's what you said in the first post.
Yes, sorry. Made on 2/8/13, replace within ten years.Do you mean 2023? That's what you said in the first post.
Obviously you are drinking far too much:
Nice idea, but lifelong teetotalism is the only bit of a Quaker upbringing which has lasted.
Condensation?
At this time of year it’s getting colder and with little breeze to dry things off surfaces can get pretty damp.
I presume it was a false alarm ... but why?
If it reassures you, I do and did take it seriously. I've even posted on a popular sailing forum for help in working out why it went off.I would never, ever presume that. From your description I would say it had a good reason to go off. What?. I don't know, but the fact it has not gone off since suggests it was not a false alarm. The levels could have been low, a culmination of toast cooking and oil lamp burning maybe, but if a CO alarm goes off, it is always worth taking very seriously.
The only time mine has gone off was after using the grill. Oven or rings don't affect it and the grill flame looks almost totally blue. The alarm was some time after the grill was extinguished and, from memory, the display showed a level just above the threshold . I test mine with a burnt match every year and I also use a butane lighter to test the gas alarm.
If you are worried about it, you really need 3 of the things.
Potential sources of carbon monoxide gas on your boat:
Also, on larger boats such as houseboats, vents can cause CO build up along the water near the rear swim deck or water platform.
- When two vessels are tied to each other;
- When you are docked alongside a seawall;
- When your load causes the bow to ride high;
- When a fuel-burning device or the engine is running while your vessel is idling;
- When there are swimmers between the pontoons of your boat.
You took the question marks out of my mouth.Swimmers are a source of CO ?????
Swimmers are a source of CO ?????
Checked your bilges for explosives? How close are your flares to the CO detector?
Unusual case of CO poisoning.
I had a smoke alarm on the boat with non replaceable battery pack up well before its expiry date so presume a CO alarm can do the same.
Having said that a CO alarm I had on the boat did achieve its full service life.
Perhaps being in a boat is not so good for the service life of some of these products .
I think somebody misunderstood the meaning of "CO Beach".Possibly, if they smoke 80 Woodbines a day!