teachergal
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On Saturday morning I was camping in my 2011 PW Plateau and it was cold in the mountains. I turned the furnace on and then got up, without getting out of my sleeping bag b/c the furnace had just gotten going and shuffled to the sink to see if the water had gotten hot yet. At the sink I discovered that there was air in the lines (likely from me draining the lines) and I was making sure the hot water tank hadn't gotten drained and shuffled into the bathroom to turn on the hot tap there when I shuffled out, the CO2/LP gas detector started wailing!!!! After some not so quick thinking I opened the van door (after fumbling with the lock), turned off the furnace, the fridge and the hot water heater and shut off the propane at the remote switch. I then went to get my dad since he was camped a few feet away! The alarm shut itself off, so I attempted to go back into the van. When I stepped in I picked up my sleeping bag from where I ditched it when I got out of the van and as soon as I drug the sleeping bag across the floor (near the furnace grate) the alarm started again! I threw the sleeping bag on the driver seat and waited for the alarm to settle down, which it did.
My dad and I gave it a few minutes of silence then turned the propane back on and restarted the fridge, the hot water heater and the furnace and I had no further problems.
So...what set it off??? My theory is that there was something going on with the sleeping bag right in front of the furnace grate and it creating some sort of fume or something? It's a backpacking sleeping bag - mummy-style - slick material.
My dad and I gave it a few minutes of silence then turned the propane back on and restarted the fridge, the hot water heater and the furnace and I had no further problems.
So...what set it off??? My theory is that there was something going on with the sleeping bag right in front of the furnace grate and it creating some sort of fume or something? It's a backpacking sleeping bag - mummy-style - slick material.