Hi Bruce,
Try putting the CO detector near the elevation of your head when
seated in the saloon (and close to your bunk). If hydrogen
accumulates at all it will be much higher, being lighter than air.
Cheers, Russ
At 09:32 AM 5/17/2020, you wrote:
Hello all,
I had put a household, battery powered CO detector on our C&C37/40+
a week or two ago, and got on the boat yesterday only to hear it
going off. Everything was turned off, so I'm reasonably certain we
didn't have CO building up. We do, however, have solar panels, and
I'm sure they were happily charging the batteries, and some folks
said that the hydrogen coming off charging we cell batteries will
set of the detector.
So, is there a detector that won't go off when exposed to
hydrogen? Or if I mounted it in the stern berth where we sleep
instead of in the main salon would that be far enough away that the
hydrogen should dissipate and not set off the alarm?
I'm not hugely concerned about CO because the only things on board
that should generate it are our diesel engine and the propane stove
& grill. However if cheap and easy enough, I wouldn't mind having one.
Thanks for the insights,
Bruce Whitmore
1994 C&C 37/40+
"Astralis"
Madeira Beach, FL
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