Two out of Three

11:30 last night, we had just gotten to sleep when SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!!!!!!!!!!!

The LP gas detector in our 5th wheel went off. 

After an instant of confusion, followed by several seconds of pure panic, I located the darn thing and took it off of its mounting to remove the batteries. 

Surprise! The damn thing is hard-wired into the system – no batteries to remove.  Meanwhile, it is still screeching at a dB level that could probably be heard in Dallas.

I knew we didn’t have a propane leak, so I cut a wire to shut it up.  Then I read a tiny label on the alarm that said, “Replace - July 2010.”

Back to bed, then at 1:30 a.m. we heard

BEEP!  BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

The low battery alarm on the carbon monoxide detector went off.

Ripped that of the wall and removed the batteries. 

There is only one other alarm in the trailer, the smoke alarm. Took it off the ceiling and was going to disable it too, but Honey wouldn’t let me. 

Went outside and had a cigarette and a beer – finally got back to bed about 2:30 or so.  No more incidents and we finally got to sleep.

For what it’s worth, the smoke alarm works fine – set it off cooking sausage for breakfast this morning.