Vape Fume Detector Going Off

[Rich K]

This was just a test, wasn't it??

Rich K

 

[Little Eagle]

All of the above is why I joined this forum.
Great job everyone

 

[Kit_L]

Great thinking, OD! Water softener—who would'a thunk?

 

[High Wire]

In the second picture behind the exhaust hose, looks like daylight showing through the hull side. Might be a failed thru-hull fitting.

 

[OldDan1943]

Great thinking, OD! Water softener—who would'a thunk?

Dont give me too much credit. If he had moved the bag of salts, it would have taken all of us a year to figure it out. After all, who has a water softener on a boat. SHRUG.
If I hadn't said something first, someone else would have question the bag of salts and then moved on to the obvious water softener. For me, ...... I would either remove the water softener or permanently defeat that alarm. None of us want that alarm going off in the middle of the night.

 

[wkearney99]

That wiring is sloppy, all around. Especially that air loop hanging over what look like AC wires. That's bad form. Wire should be secured so it doesn't move. Movement leads to cracks and failed connections.

If you use zip ties take care to get UV-resistant ones as they'll age better. That and don't over-tighten them and cause failures in the insulation around the wires.

Same thing goes for hoses, anything loose enough to move it loose enough to chafe against something. Use padded hangers meant for hoses, not zip ties.

A few hours spent buttoning things up can save you a ton of money later on sudden repairs due to worn-through hoses and wires.

 

[Jbear]

Not trying to add to the wire comments but is that Romex going into a blue outlet box in one of those pics? May want to replace all non stranded wire when you get to that part. And boxes at junctions should be waterproof if in an area that gets wet.

 

[motteatoj]

We bought a 1978 Marine Trader Trawler last year. Recently our vape fume detector has started going off. The weather has been getting nicer and it seems to go off more often on hotter days, but that might just be a coincidence.

The problem is that we can't find the vape fume detector. Turning off the shore power and flipping the breakers doesn't stop the alarm. Although turning off the batteries does. That means that it must be hardwired into the battery somewhere. Beyond that, we have no idea where it is or how to fix the problem!

The alarm is definitely coming from our engine room and we've tried following all of the wires down there connected to the battery, but we can't find anything that looks like an alarm. The person who owned the boat before us installed it Read More, so we don't know which one we have or where it's located. I guess that means that there's always the possibility that we've seen it and just don't know what it looks like.

Any suggestions? Because we live on the boat and just turning off the battery isn't exactly an option.

I am always especially careful to not let any vapor get near one because I live in a dorm and if one goes off the whole building evacuates and police and fire fighters come and they will probably ban e cigs if that happens. the question is.. am i being paranoid or should i actually be careful not to vape near a smoke detector?

 

[tiltrider1]

This is a six year old thread about flammable vapors. The current question is about water vapor inhalation. Flammable vs water should be an easy logical deduction of out come.

 

[wkearney99]

This is a six year old thread about flammable vapors. The current question is about water vapor inhalation. Flammable vs water should be an easy logical deduction of out come.

Well that and it'd be better to worry more about destroying your lungs. But addicts tend to ignore proper medical health recommendations, so...