Can campfire smoke set off propane dectector?
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Icemaker
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My seat-of-the-pants answer is no. the propane detector detects, I believe, hydrocarbon concentrations, so I would think there wouldn't be enough to trigger it. That being said the fact remains it went off...and your positive there is no leak in your propane system?..If you could duplicate conditions and have the propane valved off at the tank and the detector went off I guess it proves it can and my first answer is wrong..I'd like to say that would be the first time but I'd be telling a fib.
Jim Dick
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Campfire smoke should have set off your smoke detector. I don't think the propane detector would be affected.
RLSharp
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Azjudd said:
My engine exhaust set my propane detector off quite often.
Richard
Jim Dick
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Richard,
Interesting! Not something I would consider normal but then, what is normal.
Interesting! Not something I would consider normal but then, what is normal.
Gary RV_Wizard
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Most any engine exhaust can trigger an LP detector, so can aerosol sprays, doggie farts, many cleaning products, etc. It's not a very discriminating device. However, wood smoke would not usually set it off. Could be some other stuff in the fireplace, though, e.g. food, plastic wrappers, beverage cans, etc. Those can add enough hydrocarbons to set it off.
Once when a neighbor was working on repairing/tuning an old lawnmower, he kept setting off my LP detector. He fiddled with the thing for a month or so and I finally turned the LP detector off in self-defense.
Once when a neighbor was working on repairing/tuning an old lawnmower, he kept setting off my LP detector. He fiddled with the thing for a month or so and I finally turned the LP detector off in self-defense.
