On 9/29/06, Ron Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William Thomas wrote: > >> Niall wrote: > > approximately five years old (second set) and are 4x125 amps capacity > > and the alternator is 55 amp output. The mastervolt battery regulator > > dial is showing all the normal readings and everything worked OK last > > weekend when away from mooring and we were down about 75 amps when we > > started back on Sunday. > > Thanks Niall and Ron for your comments. > > However I am still puzzled by all this. Do these alarms go faulty. > > Could it be detecting something else although I do not know what it > > could be as we have not lit the stove in months. > > All depends on the sensor construction. Who knows what each maker might > use. It might just be a simple flammable gas sensor, calibrated for a > certain CO level. Like at work, I look after a portable flammable gas > sensor for when we need to do "hot work" in a potential flammable > atmosphere. It's calibrated with a pentane-air mixture, but responds with a > loud warning to any flammable gas!
I had a desiel leak into the marrass of oil under the engine (so it was hard to spot). When it got hot in the engine room it's vapers went into the boat. It used to set off the CO alarm, even though there was no combustion. Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring.zapto.org/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
