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Need to replace my propane carbon monoxide detector
The 40-442-P  Safe T Alert is no longer available.
Just checking what people are replacing theirs with.

I'll contact the company also.
2021 Mid Bath
Re: Need to replace my propane carbon monoxide detector
Reply #1 –

Hi Ted;  These are still available through Amazon;  Amazon.com: Safe T Alert - Classic LP Gas Alarm - Flush Mount Black -...   Other colors and sizes work also.
     I used a Pangea just a year ago. An overnight delivery was in white. After a month I replaced it with a brown one, (not black) because the white color clashed too much with the darker wood tones of my '99 model).
    The Pangea does come in different sizes and colors, is less expensive through Amazon.  The alarm isn't quite as loud, but very annoying (I guess it is easier to identify that way). It does display the amount detected, before (and after) it alarms. Helpful if you think you might have a small leak, but it hasn't set off the alarm.(yet).     PANGAEA Digital RV Propane Gas Detector with 85dB Loud Alarm, DC 12V, for...     RonB 

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RonB (Bostick) living in San Diego
Original owner of "Bluebelle" a '99 TKB
Re: Need to replace my propane carbon monoxide detector
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Quote from: RonB  - 
Hi Ted;  These are still available through Amazon;  Amazon.com: Safe T Alert - Classic LP Gas Alarm - Flush Mount Black -...   Other colors and sizes work also.
     I used a Pangea just a year ago. An overnight delivery was in white. After a month I replaced it with a brown one, (not black) because the white color clashed too much with the darker wood tones of my '99 model).
    The Pangea does come in different sizes and colors, is less expensive through Amazon.  The alarm isn't quite as loud, but very annoying (I guess it is easier to identify that way). It does display the amount detected, before (and after) it alarms. Helpful if you think you might have a small leak, but it hasn't set off the alarm.(yet).     PANGAEA Digital RV Propane Gas Detector with 85dB Loud Alarm, DC 12V, for...     RonB 


Thanks Ron, I'm wondering if the  carbon monoxide detection eeds to be included also?
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2021 Mid Bath
Re: Need to replace my propane carbon monoxide detector
Reply #3 –
Hi Ted;  I have a separate CO monitor, that is mounted high on a wall. Possibly CO generated by a flame would be warmer and accumulate higher first.  It doesn't hurt to have another low mounted CO monitor, but the hazards are different between LP gas and CO. I prefer to have the location of an alarm help me differentiate which hazard is which. Especially if it wakes me up in the middle of the night for instance.  Some house alarms actually 'talk to you' to tell you which alarm is which. Not as helpful for me if I don't have my hearing aids in. 
   If your high mounted CO alarm is very far from the LP gas combined with CO alarm, then that might be good. I chose the simple way, and just replaced the LP alarm.  Mine are only a few feet apart.  I have set off all of the alarms on occasion.  Soldering wires inside with a propane blow torch sets them all off at once!  Not something most people do.   RonB
RonB (Bostick) living in San Diego
Original owner of "Bluebelle" a '99 TKB
Re: Need to replace my propane carbon monoxide detector
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Quote from: RonB  - 
Hi Ted;  I have a separate CO monitor, that is mounted high on a wall. Possibly CO generated by a flame would be warmer and accumulate higher first.  It doesn't hurt to have another low mounted CO monitor, but the hazards are different between LP gas and CO. I prefer to have the location of an alarm help me differentiate which hazard is which. Especially if it wakes me up in the middle of the night for instance.  Some house alarms actually 'talk to you' to tell you which alarm is which. Not as helpful for me if I don't have my hearing aids in. 
   If your high mounted CO alarm is very far from the LP gas combined with CO alarm, then that might be good. I chose the simple way, and just replaced the LP alarm.  Mine are only a few feet apart.  I have set off all of the alarms on occasion.  Soldering wires inside with a propane blow torch sets them all off at once!  Not something most people do.   RonB
Thank you for the advice.

I called the company and they said this one was the replacement so I ordered it.

Safe-T-Alert 45-742-BL RV Mini Carbon Monoxide / Propane Leak Detector / Alarm
2021 Mid Bath
Re: Need to replace my propane carbon monoxide detector
Reply #5 –
Don't know if matters to you, but that looks like it won't completely cover the existing opening.

George K
2017 MB
George & Jo Ann
2017 MB
Re: Need to replace my propane carbon monoxide detector
Reply #7 –
I'm confused, because the device you first pictured does not appear to include a CO detector. Although combo units are available, CO is preferably measured at the level where you sleep - propane at floor level.

Steve
2004 FL
2013 Honda Fit
Re: Need to replace my propane carbon monoxide detector
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Quote from: Steve  - 
I'm confused, because the device you first pictured does not appear to include a CO detector. Although combo units are available, CO is preferably measured at the level where you sleep - propane at floor level.

Steve
It is a bit confusing.
2021 Mid Bath
Re: Need to replace my propane carbon monoxide detector
Reply #9 –
Hi George K;  About 2019 the LD factory changed the shape of the installed LP detector, to more square'ish'.  I know that my old one is much more rectangular.   Greg (Hilola) I think had a picture of his 2017 that was more like Ted's. I would have thought that your 2017 would be more like Ted's.

And to Steve;  I'm sure that Ted kept his high mounted CO alarm, so it won't hurt to have two of them. One high, and one lower with the propane detector built in.   RonB
RonB (Bostick) living in San Diego
Original owner of "Bluebelle" a '99 TKB
 
Re: Need to replace my propane carbon monoxide detector
Reply #10 –
Thanks Ron. I know about the fit issue, because my started acting up and it was time to replace it. I found what looked like the right one, but they sent me a different one than the catalog picture. Anyway, it works.

George K.
2017 MB
George & Jo Ann
2017 MB