wandaandwoodie
Member
We boondocked in our 2011 Cyclone 3950 for the first time, two week ends ago. It was around 35 degrees at night, so we ran the generator so that we could leave the heater on all night. We woke up, in the middle of the night, to the CO alarm and exhaust smell inside the RV. We shut down the generator and opened windows to ventilate.....cold night that night in the RV. The wind was dead calm.
Have we broken some unspoken rule (new to rving) by running the generator at night? We repeated the process a couple of times the next day....more CO alarm activation with the associated exhaust smell. The next night, knowing we would ruin our sewer hose, we fashioned an exhaust extension with the end about 20' from the trailer. Same results.
Has anyone had this experience? The exhaust smell is strongest when standing next to the vent in the wall in the kitchen. Doors, windows and vents were closed. Cargo bays and hatches were closed.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. The first experience made me light headed and my wife sick at her stomach....don't want any more chances of that.
Thanks,
Have we broken some unspoken rule (new to rving) by running the generator at night? We repeated the process a couple of times the next day....more CO alarm activation with the associated exhaust smell. The next night, knowing we would ruin our sewer hose, we fashioned an exhaust extension with the end about 20' from the trailer. Same results.
Has anyone had this experience? The exhaust smell is strongest when standing next to the vent in the wall in the kitchen. Doors, windows and vents were closed. Cargo bays and hatches were closed.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. The first experience made me light headed and my wife sick at her stomach....don't want any more chances of that.
Thanks,