GL: CO Detectors

[Bob DeGroot, DCH]

And from time to time, battery gasification from heavy shore power charging
after running all day will set them off. Run engine room blower for a couple
hours after you start shore power to handle it.

Bob DeGroot, D.C.H.
Clinical Hypnotherapist
M/V Spirit Dancer
DeFever 49 CPMY
Lakewood Yacht Club - Seabrook, Texas
MTOA # 1896 - DeFever Cruisers # 857
Great Loop Assoc. (AGLCA) # 427
www.BoaterSites.com
Cell (713) 876-8787
Skype: 1-281-506-2676 or dr.bob.degroot

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Subject: Re: GL: CO Detctors

I never could get a household detector to work on the boat. If I started
the engine it beeped. Finally bit the bullet and got two marine grade units
from  West Marine. One hardwired and one battery powered. No problem since.
It seems  like the ones from West were about a hundred bucks each.

RC
NT 42
Punta Gorda


In a message dated 9/23/2009 2:18:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
fidlerjim at earthlink.net writes:

I'd  think your detector was defective if it was that sensitive.

My current  boat has 3 factory installed Xintex marine units and
they've never alarmed,  but the engines and generator are diesel.

My previous boat had gasoline  engines and genny and I installed
3 Nighthawk CO detectors that I bought at  Home Depot.  I prefer
the models that have a LED or LCD readout  showing ppm of
carbon monoxide.  The LCD model uses AA batteries so  you
don't have to run wires.

Detectors made for household use are  more sensitive than those
designed for boats so you'll likely have more  nuisance alarms
but it was never a problem for me.  They are also  not
"marinized" and as resistant to corrosion but you can afford
to  replace them after 2 or 3 years if trouble develops.

If I didn't  already have the Xintex detectors I would definitely
buy some battery  powered Nighthawk units with the display feature.

Jim Fidler   "Fiddlesticks"



>I can certainly understand the need for one  , but the one I had was so
> sensitive , I ended up disconnecting  it.
> It was so sensitve that one night we were watching a big fireworks  show
on
> the river , the gunpowder smell in the air set it off.
>  Two people breathing in the cabin would set it off.
>
> With the  bow hatch open and wind coming down the  hatch , the motor
>  running would set it  off.
>
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>
>  Looking to place a couple of CO monitors on the boat.  Need  info  for
the
> best
> ones to get, & where to buy.  Price is  always  important  concern.
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