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I want a Carbon Monoxide Tester

shopndrop
shopndrop Posts: 3,548 Forumite
Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
in I wanna buy it or do it
Where is the cheapest place to get one of these. I want one that looks like a smoke alarm type not the cardboard looking ones that just stick on a surface

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  • Shawz
    Shawz Posts: 1,054 Forumite
    FireAngel Digital Carbon Monoxide Alarm

    £19.97

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    Out of stock on-line but may have it instore
    http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.100-4848.aspx


    FireAngel Carbon Monoxide Sensor

    £4.97

    http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.100-3545.aspx
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    Ei204EN Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detector with LED
    £19.99 + P&P

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    http://www.safelincs.co.uk/section.php?xSec=42

    Hope these help
    Looking to raise some money ;)
  • Prosaic
    Prosaic Posts: 212 Forumite
    I enquired about one of these a while ago.

    The gas engineer in our house at the time said that even the industrial detectors that cost £1000 a time aren't 100% effective :(

    Course he could have just been trying to get me to have the boiler serviced more often, LOL :confused:
  • Beetrooper
    Beetrooper Posts: 78 Forumite
    Hi all,
    I am just about to have a gas fire fitted and after the sad occurrance in Corfu I want to make sure my family are safe.
    Beetrooper
  • shopndrop
    shopndrop Posts: 3,548 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    It is the tragic incident in Corfu that has made me think about getting one of these for both our home and the rented accommodation that my son lives in. A cheap price to pay for safety.
  • gthompson
    gthompson Posts: 1 Newbie
    I believe the best placement of a CO detector is near a duct vent. My grandparents once got CO poisoning because their detector was behind their couch so it never picked up the toxic air. If your detector ever does go off.. check if the batteries need to be replaced, but don't just unplug or ignore it the consequences are potentially fatal.

    Here is a little story, rather a case study that explains a rather stupid move on the behalf of a hotel.
    A $17.5 million dollar lawsuit was pursued against a hotel that decided to bypass the carbon monoxide detector on the boiler. The detector had switched off the boiler for safety reasons while staff simply bypassed it to please the hotel occupants need for hot water. The air conditioning system sucked up the carbon monoxide leaving some with illness and some with brain injury
  • noonesperfect
    noonesperfect Posts: 1,831 Forumite
    I saw one in Asda yesterday, £18.97 it may have been Kidde, I'm not sure.
    :wave:
  • whatsup7
    whatsup7 Posts: 136 Forumite
    LLoyds chemist has these for £12.99
  • skyrocket
    skyrocket Posts: 468 Forumite
    Please everyone buy one of these.
    We had a CO leak a few weeks ago and it was only sheer coincidence (long story about an escaped hamster in the bathroom) that the bathroom door (where we have our boiler)
    Anyway I had been having headaches and our CO detector went off.
    It had been leaking for a bit but the guy from National Grid said it could have killed me and the little ones in seconds had we not had the bathroom door closed.
    Please dont take that chance!
    For £20 it isnt worth it!
    I lost a very good friend to CO poisoning.
    I now have a new boiler and 2 CO Detectors!
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