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eddiesmommy
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Melissa
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PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
Just FYI - its that time of year.
Apparently, 64% of all CM accidents occur during the winter heating months, but I just heard....
Your CM detectors should be installed around 3' off the ground, since CM tends to hover near the floor and does not rise.
I did not know this, and ours is on our ceiling. It was there when we moved in and I assumed the previous owner had actually read the installation instructions. Turns out, its not properly installed.
So just a PSA, check your batteries and make sure its properly positioned to be effective.
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GoldenRod
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Re: PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
There's disagreements as to where the better location is. The idea for the ceiling mount (and often built into the same unit as a smoke detector), is that when there is heat, the heat will carry the CO to the ceiling.
I have one on each floor, tied into the smoke detector system, so if it goes off, every smoke detector goes off as well. Mine are mounted about 3' off the ground.
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| Posted 9/13/10 1:32 PM |
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rojerono
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Jeannie
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Re: PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
We had an incident last year - our whole family went to the hospital because our carbon dioxide readings were off the scale in the basement! The detector in the basement was DEAD.. so we weren't alerted until it hit the main floor and dinged the detector. It never got upstairs. Scary though!
We now keep one outside the burner room in the basement, on the main floor by the fireplace and in the small hallway on the top level. All are at about waist height.
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| Posted 9/13/10 1:59 PM |
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Cheeks24
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Re: PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
We have them on every floor.
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| Posted 9/13/10 2:08 PM |
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CrankyPants
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Re: PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
We need to get new ones-out just died-both floors within 2 months of each other.
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| Posted 9/13/10 2:12 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
if anyone is purchasing new ones, and you have gas you really should get the ones with the gas dector built in. it only costs a few $ more, but its so worth it. while you can smell leaking gas, it usually disperses, and the smell is a lot more faint
we had a serve issue with 2 gas leaks in my home. I had no idea but smelt this smell that I had no idea was gas. I had such terrible headaches and my dog was so tired and sick looking for days. I decided to stay home because I felt so sick. Thank god! that day it got really bad and I called Keyspan. they came out and their meter registered a leak at the highest level. I was only in the house 2 weeks and never had owned a home so I had no clue. we kept thinking the smell was the unfinished basement, instead it was the buner in the basement and my kitchen stove.
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| Posted 9/13/10 6:54 PM |
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MommyofG
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Re: PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
does anyone know how often they need to be changed?
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| Posted 9/13/10 7:58 PM |
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Blu-ize
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Re: PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
I have one leading down to the basement..it's about 4' off the ground. The other is upper level by our bedroom. That's about 7' off the ground.
I replaced one this year...it started beeping really loud and it was done.
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| Posted 9/13/10 8:02 PM |
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Mrs213
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Re: PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
What causes carbon monoxide poisoning in the home?
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| Posted 9/13/10 10:19 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
Posted by staceyums81
What causes carbon monoxide poisoning in the home?
http://www.cdc.gov/co/faqs.htm
Where is CO found?
CO is found in combustion fumes, such as those produced by cars and trucks, small gasoline engines, stoves, lanterns, burning charcoal and wood, and gas ranges and heating systems. CO from these sources can build up in enclosed or semi-enclosed spaces. People and animals in these spaces can be poisoned by breathing it.
Usually from a faulty furnace or water heater.
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| Posted 9/14/10 7:52 AM |
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sunnyflies
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Re: PSA - Carbon Monoxide detectors
My cousin who was helpless in bed after major surgery might have died because her sister left a burner on by mistake thinking it was off in her hurry to get to work. I dropped by to find the house filled with a gassy, stinky smell. There was no alarm in her rental apartment and she would have been dead by the time her sister returned after work if I hadn't found her. I aired the place out thoroughly and bought a good alarm, read the directions and installed it properly. What a scare.
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| Posted 9/14/10 1:30 PM |
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