A few weeks ago I worked on my wine-degassed, stirred, etc. While working with it my gas detector went off (a NightHawk CO2/Gas Detector). I have it just outside the basementroom in which I do my wine. I assumed it was a fluke-I changed the battery, reset the unit and it hasn't gone off since Until Sunday.
I was again bottling, stirring, transferring and degassing. Once again the gas detector went off. I resetand silenced it but out of caution I called our propane company.They came out to pressure test/sniff the system. Our gas lines all checked out and there is no evidence of septic/sewer gasses. No smells, nothing.
The only thing I can figure, since it happened both times while I was working with wine is that it somehow mistook a chemical in winemaking for an explosive gas. It's only happened when I'm stirring/degassing or doing something that you can really smell across the room.
Any thoughts? Possible?Or am I barking up the wrong tree? It would be a very strange coincidence if it just were a fluke and happened both times while I was working on wine, but I won't rule that out.
Thanks!
I was again bottling, stirring, transferring and degassing. Once again the gas detector went off. I resetand silenced it but out of caution I called our propane company.They came out to pressure test/sniff the system. Our gas lines all checked out and there is no evidence of septic/sewer gasses. No smells, nothing.
The only thing I can figure, since it happened both times while I was working with wine is that it somehow mistook a chemical in winemaking for an explosive gas. It's only happened when I'm stirring/degassing or doing something that you can really smell across the room.
Any thoughts? Possible?Or am I barking up the wrong tree? It would be a very strange coincidence if it just were a fluke and happened both times while I was working on wine, but I won't rule that out.
Thanks!