>> >> 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
>
Damp can affect them which is why BSS can't get a manufacturer to recommend
a model for boats.
Sue nb Nackered Navvy
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