Just reading some stuff as a result of the good chit chat here in this post, and it would appear a combo may not be ideal. The various gas weights effectively will always render one of the three alarm sensors in a combo unit useless, in favour of the other sensors dependant on where you choose to mount it. Smoke alarms need to be high, rendering gas alarms useless, yet gas and CO alarms need to be low rendering the smoke alarm useless. You would suffocate before the CO reached a roof mount, and be over come with smoke and burn to death with the floor mountHi Holden Man,
Sorry to hear about what happened to your folks and thank god they are ok with just minor burns as it could have been lot worst. Hope they have speedy recovery and get back on the road as soon as possible.
It is better to be safe than sorry. When we bought our panda, one of the first things we did was to install a GAS/CO/LPG detector. I purchased it from ebay and the supplier is in UK. Refer below for the site:
It is a 12V unit and needs to be installed and tested. I have it in front of the Fridge and literally an inch above the floor as the CO is heavier than Air. It also has the capability of detecting LGP Gas. So IMO it is well rounded unit.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GAS-CO-L...200?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2c9ceb0dc0
Hope this helps. Happy and safe camping!
Im blown away that in 2015 we humble forum'ettes are discussing the yes, no, maybe's of something that should have already be known for 50 years as common knowledge, legislated and mandated in the caravan industry.
It seems manifestly ridiculous that in light if what we are now discussing a $50k van has at best a $2 smoke alarm only .... and caravan manufacturers bottom line of saving $50 puts my family at a very real risk. At least these pin heads could warn us, when they reach for the cheque
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