Propane Detector MFR Recommended Replacement 60 months / 5 years

[Fatdog2]

Some camping humor of K9 experience... I found this out during recent camping trip with our Beagle Lab "Lucy" she's 60 lbs, as she was sleeping with her rear facing the propane detector, she farted in the middle of the night. You guessed it the alarm went off big time. Scared the crap out of us and dog slept though it, which we were shocked. We silenced the alarm and turned off the gas, think it was a gas leak as we were tired and didn't smell anything. The next day investigated, and noticed the replacement recommendation of every 60 months was written on the front of the unit. We googled Dog farts and others have had the same issue of it setting off the alarm. Pretty funny when one thinks of it. The next camping trip we put a towel over her rear end  to hopefully reduce the chance of late night alarm. LOL....

[Merlin]

Yup, happened to us too.  We moved the dog bed. Good info on the 5 yr replacement.

[DavidM]

The propane detectors have a very limited life. On boats, you are lucky to get two years out of one. RVs are dryer at least.

David