Where do I put the LPG gas sensor

[TQA]

I have a Force 10 cooker with oven mounted on gimbals in the usual 3 sided alcove. There is a locker directly underneath the stove but there is no opening from the alcove into the locker. There is a finger hole in the front of the locker and a hole at the back that communicates with the space behind the cooker and the lockers above the cooker.

The current sensor is fitted in the locker under the cooker. It has never worked since I have had the boat. Only just discovered that the sensor cable was cut. The test light and buzzer worked though.

I am fitting a new Xintex system but the instructions are pretty vague.

Where do people usually fit the sensor. Do you reckon it will work OK in the bottom locker.

Running the cables will be a major PITA of a job so I only want to do it once.

 

[VicS]

I have a Force 10 cooker with oven mounted on gimbals in the usual 3 sided alcove. There is a locker directly underneath the stove but there is no opening from the alcove into the locker. There is a finger hole in the front of the locker and a hole at the back that communicates with the space behind the cooker and the lockers above the cooker.

The current sensor is fitted in the locker under the cooker. It has never worked since I have had the boat. Only just discovered that the sensor cable was cut. The test light and buzzer worked though.

I am fitting a new Xintex system but the instructions are pretty vague.

Where do people usually fit the sensor. Do you reckon it will work OK in the bottom locker.

Running the cables will be a major PITA of a job so I only want to do it once.

If you have only one sensor, low down where it will most likely detect leaking gas or where leaking gas is most likely to accumulate. An enclosed locker will not be appropriate if gas is unlikely to enter



I dont know anything about the Xintex sensors but often they are damaged by water. The installation instructions should give guidance if they are worth the paper they are printed on.