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09-22-2006, 13:02
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Everywhere I look there is a detector in my '78FC33. The main panel
in the dining area does not work, but I would like to resurect the system and get all the detectors working. Does anyone out there have information on how the detectors work and how to test and/or get them working again? I assume some are LP and some are CO, but I don't know for sure. Thanks, Gardner 78FC33 |
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09-22-2006, 13:16
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Gardner.
You can test the CO detector with a butane lighter. Just hold the lighter up to the detector and dispense the gas. David B '02 LXi, Smokey Va Gardner Yeaw wrote: > Everywhere I look there is a detector in my '78FC33. The main panel > in the dining area does not work, but I would like to resurect the > system and get all the detectors working. Does anyone out there have > information on how the detectors work and how to test and/or get them > working again? I assume some are LP and some are CO, but I don't know > for sure. > > Thanks, Gardner > 78FC33 > > > > > > > > > |
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09-22-2006, 14:07
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My manual has a test procedure for the CO detector; it states that
use of a butane lighter to test will damage the sensor. The lighter is a good way to check the propane sensors but not the CO. (Mine anyway) Yours may vary. Rich D. '99LXi43' CT --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, David Brady wrote: > > Gardner. > > You can test the CO detector with a butane lighter. Just hold > the lighter up to the detector and dispense the gas. > > David B > '02 LXi, Smokey > Va > > Gardner Yeaw wrote: > > Everywhere I look there is a detector in my '78FC33. The main panel > > in the dining area does not work, but I would like to resurect the > > system and get all the detectors working. Does anyone out there have > > information on how the detectors work and how to test and/or get them > > working again? I assume some are LP and some are CO, but I don't know > > for sure. > > > > Thanks, Gardner > > 78FC33 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > |
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09-22-2006, 14:18
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Oops, I assumed (something we should never do) that all CO
detectors are the same; clearly they are not. Please disregard what I said about using a butane lighter. David B '02 LXi, Smokey Va g_man1146 wrote: > My manual has a test procedure for the CO detector; it states that > use of a butane lighter to test will damage the sensor. The lighter > is a good way to check the propane sensors but not the CO. (Mine > anyway) Yours may vary. > Rich D. '99LXi43' CT > > > > > > > > > |
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09-23-2006, 04:15
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David B. ('02LXi, Smokey) is absolutely correct regarding testing
the LECO 3350 CO detector. They have a test button that when held in for 10 seconds makes he detector sensitive to, and will sound off when it senses butane. LECO claims that theirs is the only one that can be field tested. There may be others but my '90 Bird had a different unit that could not be field tested. I don't know if it was factory installed or installed by the first owner. My '99 has the LECO unit and, as David says, can be tested with butane. (I just did it, thanks David.) Here is the link, if yours looks like this, test it. http://www.nee.ca/gas/pdf/CCIControlCata...h=%22leco% 203350%20co%20detector%22 Rich D. '99LXi43' CT --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, David Brady wrote: > > Oops, I assumed (something we should never do) that all CO > detectors are the same; clearly they are not. Please disregard > what I said about using a butane lighter. > > David B > '02 LXi, Smokey > Va > > g_man1146 wrote: > > My manual has a test procedure for the CO detector; it states that > > use of a butane lighter to test will damage the sensor. The lighter > > is a good way to check the propane sensors but not the CO. (Mine > > anyway) Yours may vary. > > Rich D. '99LXi43' CT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > |
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12-31-2006, 14:57
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I found a source for detector elements that look just like the ones
in the old Bluebirds and have the same pin layout. I plan to get one and see if it will work. They have CO and LP as well as other ones for less than $7 each. http://www.futurlec.com/Gas_Sensors.shtml The site is futurlec electronics. Gardner 78FC33 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw" wrote: > > Everywhere I look there is a detector in my '78FC33. The main panel > in the dining area does not work, but I would like to resurect the > system and get all the detectors working. Does anyone out there have > information on how the detectors work and how to test and/or get them > working again? I assume some are LP and some are CO, but I don't know > for sure. > > Thanks, Gardner > 78FC33 > |
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