You DID make up the fart thing, but I have had no issues with mine at all.
It has alarmed when it needed to.  It is a "household" type bought at a
big-box home improvement store.  I've had it in place for two years.

--
Alan Felder
Austin TX
82 Diesel Westy

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> wrote:

> I read that household CO monitors may not be rugged enough for RVs and
> can false trigger off cooking fumes, farts, etc., in an RV. I might have
> just made up that fart thing.
>
> Any recommendations for battery-powered monitors, and any tips on
> suitable placement locations?
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>