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What's the life of a carbon monoxide detector? Mitch 04-28-2008
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Posted by on April 28, 2008, 5:51 pm
wrote:

>What did they find? How is everyone feeling?

No CO anywhere. They said we were right to suspect it, and that "Full
Response" is just the standard way they operate.

But my poor mother-in-law was down the street and she freaked.
She came running to the house crying. The last time we had an
emergency, my wife had had a brain aneurysm.

Posted by Joseph Meehan on April 28, 2008, 4:41 pm
I would suggest that six years is likely the max I would trust.

What I do is keep the new one in the second floor hall outside my
bedroom and the older one on the first floor. I buy a new on a bout every
four or five years. Same with smoke alarms.

> 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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Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




Posted by Pete C. on April 28, 2008, 5:04 pm

Mitch@_._ wrote:
>
> 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.

I don't know of any that have anything near 14 year sensor lives. I
think 3-4 years is typical for sensor life. All the newer CO detectors
have self test modes and sensor life monitors to alert you when the
sensor has reached the end of it's life.

Posted by Boden on April 29, 2008, 8:21 pm
Pete C. wrote:
> Mitch@_._ wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>
> I don't know of any that have anything near 14 year sensor lives. I
> think 3-4 years is typical for sensor life. All the newer CO detectors
> have self test modes and sensor life monitors to alert you when the
> sensor has reached the end of it's life.
Several years ago I bought glass ampules containing a defined quantity
of carbon monoxide from a fire department supply house...extinguisher
recharging, etc.

The ampule and the CO detector are placed in a known volume container (a
ziplok like bag.) The ampule is then broken and the time to an alarm is
measured. Since I have a wood stove in my bedroom, and use several
cords each winter I repeat this test every other month throughout the
winter. No detector faults so far.

Boden

Posted by on April 29, 2008, 8:51 am
To answer my original question,l the fire department said the lifespan
of a CO detector is 5-7 years.

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