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Testing a CO detector techman41973 08-26-2007
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Posted by Dave Bugg on October 30, 2007, 2:47 pm
jJim McLaughlin wrote:
> kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
>
> Son of a bitch changed his E mail addy. Again. Had to do a new
> filter. Pathetic loon.

His ISP musta terminated him. LOL!!




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Posted by George on October 30, 2007, 5:21 pm
kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
>> On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:40:04 -0500, "Steve Barker LT"
>>
>>> Ya, take it in the garage (with the doors open) and start your push
> mower.
>>> It should go off pretty quick. Those small engines really put it out..
>>>
>>> steve
>> I forget what brand I have -- I can check -- but when I called them
>> with a question I asked about putting it near the furnace to check if
>> it was working and the woman on the phone said not to, that it would
>> overload and ruin the sensor, I think.
>
>
> What a Bimbo... she must have thought you were going to stick it in the flu.
> LOL
>
>
Don't underestimate the ingenuity of people. I once watched someone
stick a very sensitive CO meter probe into the exhaust pipe of a car to
"test it" even after he was told it would destroy it because the CO
concentration was probably 1,000 times the design range of the unit.

Posted by ---MIKE--- on October 30, 2007, 6:38 pm
I have an entryway right near where I back my car in (no garage). I
just plug in one of the CO detectors in the entryway and run the car for
a few minutes. I get a readout very quickly.


---MIKE---
>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
>> (44=B0 15' N - Elevation 1580')


Posted by Stan Brown on August 28, 2007, 7:41 am
> I forget what brand I have -- I can check -- but when I called them
> with a question I asked about putting it near the furnace to check if
> it was working and the woman on the phone said not to, that it would
> overload and ruin the sensor, I think.

If that were true, I think you'd have an urgent need to repair the
furnace.

--
"First prove what you're saying, then whine about it."
-- /The People's Court/
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/

Posted by on August 26, 2007, 11:51 pm

> They have a convenient spray that allows you to test the sensor
> elements of a smoke detector
>
http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Ap1v9v9qr9kriGriKvWtYOcbFt0A;_ylu=X3oD
MTBhNjRqazhxBHNlYwNzZWFyY2g-?p=%22smoke+check%22+detector&did=
>
> (most alarms have no way to test the sensors when you press the test
> button)
>
> Is there a similar aerosol or method of thoroughly testing a CO
> detector?
> I couldn't find anything from a web search
>
> Thanks


CO test gas...

http://tinyurl.com/2du2pe



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