Another sad story about a "faulty generator" set up on a boat

I bought a battery powered CO detector with the digital read out from Lowes for about $30.

There's just no excuse not to have one or two on board.

Two is one, one is none.
 
That is sad... BOATERS !! BE SAFE WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR BOAT AND HAVE A SAFE SUMMER. :thumbsup:

I'm a survivor of a stupid act from bug bombing my boat, that I'll NEVER do again. :smt021
 
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magstang1 said:
I bought a battery powered CO detector with the digital read out from Lowes for about $30.

There's just no excuse not to have one or two on board.

Two is one, one is none.
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+1 to that! I have two portables and one hard wired. Digital portables are just too cheap not to have a couple.
 
I'm like you Carter, one hard wired and 3 portables in different areas of the cabin, and change the portable batts twice a year too.
 
The ones that I have will tell you the current reading and they have a memory that records the peak reading as well.

I can periodically check the reading after running the engines or genny to see how much CO is making it into my cabin.

Well worth the $30 or so per unit.
 
What an awful tradgedy...so sad.
 
We were at Home Depot today,read this thread this morning. We picked up a battery powered CO detector to add tg Island Girl. :smt001
 
The article reported that the generator was improperly installed. How sad... Wonder if it was fitted with a portable???

Mr Rothwell said he was told by lake wardens a faulty generator may have caused carbon monoxide to leak into the two-berth cabin.
‘It was an amateur job,’ he said. ‘The boat had been fitted with a generator and the exhaust has leaked.’

MM
 
Probably was a portable. Maybe they mounted a portable and tried to exhaust it with dryer vent material or something like that? I hope the husband didn't do the installation as he would be wrought with guilt for the rest of his life. Such a shame...
 
Our '99 has a hard-wried factory monitor in the cabin and I will buy a portable to have two on board. However I have read on a vendor's site that CO monitors have a limited lifespan and need to be replaced after five years, which gives me pause as to whether my original hard-wired one is any good. Do I really need to replace any old CO monitors, or is what I read simply a vendor's pitch to get me to spend more money?
 
GJarrett said:
Our '99 has a hard-wried factory monitor in the cabin and I will buy a portable to have two on board. However I have read on a vendor's site that CO monitors have a limited lifespan and need to be replaced after five years, which gives me pause as to whether my original hard-wired one is any good. Do I really need to replace any old CO monitors, or is what I read simply a vendor's pitch to get me to spend more money?
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Gerald, Yes you need to replace older units. They are sensitive delicate devices that can lose calibration over time. You could get a couple of digital read out battery powered Kiddie to supplement your older 12v model for a year or two. If you sleep regularly with the gennie running replace it.

MM
 
I picked up a 2nd CO detector last night because of this thread. $50 for a battery powered portable unit w/digital read out from Home Depot. The internal battery is supposed to last 10 years.
 
MonacoMike said:
Gerald, Yes you need to replace older units. They are sensitive delicate devices that can lose calibration over time. You could get a couple of digital read out battery powered Kiddie to supplement your older 12v model for a year or two. If you sleep regularly with the gennie running replace it.

MM
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I don't have a gennie but raft with those who do, so I still want the peace of mind of a functioning CO monitor in good condition. Thanks for the info.
 
GJarrett said:
I don't have a gennie but raft with those who do, so I still want the peace of mind of a functioning CO monitor in good condition. Thanks for the info.
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None of my Co detectors have been set off by my gennie, but the neighbors we have rafted up to with gennies are another story. A great use of these digital readout models is to use at the helm when the canvas is up to keep track of the "station wagon effect". You can see Co at amounts that will not set off the detector building up so you can add ventilation.

MM
 
Twin 350's puts out a lot more than a gennie. I've never had an issue except when warming engines up at the dock with the wind blowing right into the canvas. That's the only time I've set the alarm off. It's always on for the season once I put the batteries in and I check it on EACH trip!
 
I went to our local hardware store yesterday and bought a battery operated unit. The unit fitted in the boat hasn't worked since we bought the boat. One o those things I have been putting off.

Thank you for the prompt


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