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jmcdevitt · 07-14-2008, 07:03 PM

CO detectors are required on gas boats with accommodation spaces. CO detectors are not required on diesel boats because there is relatively little CO produced by a diesel engine. Certainly not deadly levels anyway.

Smoke alarms are not required by the boating industry. The RV industry has required them since 1982. Every industry that manufactures structures with sleeping quarters installs and requires smoke alarms. But not the boating industry.

If you are going to put your customers to bed in a vessel with AC and DC electric, a fuel source plumbed to multiple devices, and some staterooms with limited egress, you would think the boat builder would at least spring for a smoke alarm.

07-14-2008, 07:03 PM	#22
jmcdevitt Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stevensville, MD Posts: 3	Boats - Limited Egress, no smoke alarms CO detectors are required on gas boats with accommodation spaces. CO detectors are not required on diesel boats because there is relatively little CO produced by a diesel engine. Certainly not deadly levels anyway. Smoke alarms are not required by the boating industry. The RV industry has required them since 1982. Every industry that manufactures structures with sleeping quarters installs and requires smoke alarms. But not the boating industry. If you are going to put your customers to bed in a vessel with AC and DC electric, a fuel source plumbed to multiple devices, and some staterooms with limited egress, you would think the boat builder would at least spring for a smoke alarm.