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Tomcat CO detector under the steering wheel
- Thread starter cjcarman
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Marco Flamingo
Active member
Going off with an intermittent beep or going off with continuous beeping?
Mine is usually on the bulkhead behind the steering station. It would go off continually if something got up against it. Even something like a windbreaker. I don't know what it was "detecting," but good to make sure that it has proper exposure.
I recently took it off during some modifications and placed it on the floor in front of the steering station. Later that evening, it did the occasional beep (like a low battery) that drive one crazy trying to figure out what's beeping. The boat was outside the garage, no motor running, fresh wind blowing. I took it off of the floor and put it back on the bulkhead. Problem solved. Checked battery with meter and it's fine.
I don't have an answer for you, but I know that these things are sensitive to conditions other than high CO.
Mark
Mine is usually on the bulkhead behind the steering station. It would go off continually if something got up against it. Even something like a windbreaker. I don't know what it was "detecting," but good to make sure that it has proper exposure.
I recently took it off during some modifications and placed it on the floor in front of the steering station. Later that evening, it did the occasional beep (like a low battery) that drive one crazy trying to figure out what's beeping. The boat was outside the garage, no motor running, fresh wind blowing. I took it off of the floor and put it back on the bulkhead. Problem solved. Checked battery with meter and it's fine.
I don't have an answer for you, but I know that these things are sensitive to conditions other than high CO.
Mark
gulfcoast john
New member
99% chance its the End of Life (EOL) timer. For all CO dectectors mfg since I started to get grey hair, a timer is built in from the day of mfg for 5 to at MOST 7 years for the limited-life sensitive electro-chemical sensors in the device.
Pry open the cover and with a mag glass look for a date of mfg and maybe a EOL or 'replace by' date. Use your bifocals as well as the mag glass.
New ones with a 7 year internal battery and good mfg dates will be at fisheriessupply.com near you.
This advice, if correct, will cost you a glass of wine when we meet.
Cheers!
John
Pry open the cover and with a mag glass look for a date of mfg and maybe a EOL or 'replace by' date. Use your bifocals as well as the mag glass.
New ones with a 7 year internal battery and good mfg dates will be at fisheriessupply.com near you.
This advice, if correct, will cost you a glass of wine when we meet.
Cheers!
John
Agree with John--it is probably a malfunction, if it is newer than 2009 or end of life if is 2009. There is a chemical reaction and the reagents deteriorate with time.
I use the fairly cheap Kiddie which have digital read out, and use AA Batteries. Get new ones every 4 years.
I use the fairly cheap Kiddie which have digital read out, and use AA Batteries. Get new ones every 4 years.
Yup, John got it, I would bet on that. My End of Life signal came at a dock on the first afternoon of a 7 day cruise. The guy behind me had his generator on the dock, running, and the breeze was blowing from me towards him. Could not stop the beep. Tried 2 sets of new batteries. Even after the gen was off for half an hour, all my windows were open, the back door and a fan running. Finally another boater came over and offered the EOL concept. Took the batteries out and did the trip with no CO detector. (Sorry John, no AmazingOne Prime delivery in the Gulf Islands :disgust then.
Harvey
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Harvey
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