Lidl gas sensor

[jeanne]

I have finally got around to fitting one of the cheap gas sensasors which were the subject of a thread a month or three ago.
Has anyone worked out a way to test it without actually filling the boat with gas?
Because the sensor is in the case of the detector, it isn´t easy to put it into a container with gas in it, and anyway, there would be more gas involved than I would care to spill into my bilges.

 

[billcowan]

Vindaloo & 10 pints of lager

seriously, before fitting, didnt you try placing it next to the on but unlit burner for 2 seconds. worked for me

 

[graham]

never tried it but a cheap butane ciggarette lighter held near it may do the trick?

 

[clyst]

Hold an extinguished ciggy gas lighter near it .

 

[stuey_two]

I tested mine successfully by spraying deodorant from an aerosol near the detector - nearly all aerosols now use hydrocarbons as propellant - it alarmed almost instantly, and the boat smelt lovely.
Long live Lidl!!

 

[Thistle]

Instructions for these gadgets often suggest using a gas lighter to test them ... but don't do it too often because of the risk of "poisoning" the detector and rendering it less sensitive or useless.

 

[clyst]

Not if you just "waft" it over the sensor it wont . I check mine once a month . A good test is to see how far away the lighter can be held before the alarm is activated .