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Posted by John Gilmer on April 28, 2008, 3:05 pm
When they first came out at least one brand incorporated the "sensor" with
the battery. The sensor has somekind of "artificial" blood with
respospnded to the CO in much the same manner as human blood.
In any house with gas appliance you should have one or two CO detectors with
one being a "digital readout" type. These will show very small amounts of
CO such as what happens when you burn something in the stove. The response
to small levels gives you confidence that it will sound the alarm if the
need arises.
> Our house is 14 years old.
> This morning, we all woke up feeling dizzy and lightheaded.
> The kids and adults ate different food last night, and we all feel
> like this.
>
> So I'm paranoid. I'm going to go get a new CO detector.
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Posted by on April 28, 2008, 4:08 pm
I'm going to call the gas company and see if they will come out with
an instrument. Not sure if they will (or if they will for FREE), but
it's worth a call.
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Posted by Pete C. on April 28, 2008, 5:03 pm
Mitch@_._ wrote:
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> I'm going to call the gas company and see if they will come out with
> an instrument. Not sure if they will (or if they will for FREE), but
> it's worth a call.
Also if you have gas, you should consider the dual CO/GAS alarms that
are available for not much more, since gas is it's own hazard without
necessarily having CO present. Also note for these combo alarms the
mounting location needs to vary depending on whether you have nat. gas
or LP gas since nat. gas rises and LP gas sinks.
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Posted by on April 28, 2008, 5:14 pm
Oh my God.
I called the fire department's non-emergency number, because someone
told me they will do a carbon monoxide check as a public service.
They sent a fire truck and three ambulances to our house with full
sirens and lights! It was a freak show. I felt like such an idiot!
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Posted by Norminn on April 28, 2008, 5:39 pm
Mitch@_._ wrote:
>Oh my God.
>
> I called the fire department's non-emergency number, because someone
>told me they will do a carbon monoxide check as a public service.
>
>They sent a fire truck and three ambulances to our house with full
>sirens and lights! It was a freak show. I felt like such an idiot!
>
>
What did they find? How is everyone feeling? A whole family with
complaints of being dizzy
and light headed is not something to ignore. What was the food? Did
you call a doc?
I know of two families who had CO poisoning but not very ill. The
first, a bad furnace. The
second, a fireplace pulling exhaust from gas appliances into the home.
When the first family
had their furnace checked, the CO level was so high the guy wouldn't let
them go back in the
house. They had had headaches and mild nausea. I had been in their
home, with my family, and
my eyes burned like someone put acid in them, but rest of my family had
no symptoms. I felt the
burning in my eyes as soon as I went into the house, and my family was
there longer than I. I
mentioned it to the head of the maintenance dept. where I work, and he
is the one who clued us
as to the CO problem.
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