Carbon Dioxide Detector $35

GrayWhale · Oct 3, 2014

There's a new one at Costco for $35 that's made for the home, so it should be a welcomed overkill in a small, van space.

No plug, it's powered by a sealed, 5-yr battery. The box says that 5yr is about the life of the detector's ability to detect CO safely, or something like that and it should be replaced. Nice and compact unit.

I have the one that plugs into the outlet from last year ($27 on sale), also at Costco and by the same company. Weird, but Kill-A-Watt registered 0.00 watt. The new/battery unit is 70% the size of the old one.

66788 · Oct 3, 2014

sure it's not carbon MONOXIDE?

GrayWhale · Oct 3, 2014

I'm fosizzle, this detects bad "breafe".

ccbreder · Oct 4, 2014

Some say the ones made for the house can't take the jostling in a vehicle. But I use a home Depot battery device to detect Carbon Monoxide, and don't worry.

akrvbob · Oct 4, 2014

ccbbreder, that's your choice, but you are betting your life on a guess you are making.

To be certified for RV use a carbon monoxide detector must e tested under extreme weather conditions and vibration to prove it can handle them.

In other words your van is going to vibrate the detector and also subject it it be triple digit heat and sub-freezing temperatures. Sometimes all at the same time. Those are things houses almost never do so they aren't tested for it.

How will that affect the detector? You and I simply have no idea, anything we say will be a wild guess.

But for a few extra dollars you can have a sure answer with a detector that has been tested and certified for RV use under the circumstances they actually face.

My life is worth the few extra dollars.
Bob