The one in our boat does that sometimes when the boat has been closed up for a number of days. It never does it when we are there and using the boat.
Ken H. On Sun, 17 May 2020 at 13:33, bwhitmore via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 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 > > Sent from Samsung tablet. > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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