Carbon monoxide alarm has gone off?

Diane60

My alarm has just gone off about an hour ago. I had a new boiler installed 3 weeks ago and not had a problem until now. The installers are not available to phone until tommorow.
I have opened all windows and been outside. My question is this. Could there be a fault on the alarm itself? it only sounded once. Should it continue to sound until fresh air ventilates the area? When it did beep, no red light came on. I did a test and reset it. It hasn't gone off since and no-one in the house has any carbon monoxide poision symptoms.

phill99

Change the battery as it may be the low battery warning.

I believe, but am open to correction that you get a continuous beep or series of beeps if it has detected CO.

ormus

try some of those little card type CO warnings as a back up.
they are very cheap.

Owain_Moneysaver

The little card type CO monitors are very cheap, but they don't wake you up. They are quite useful for telling your loved ones how you died though.

It may be the battery or the sensor itself may have expired and need replacing.

GT60

Our co2 alarm went off one chrismas and we called out BG who foud no fault with the boiler which was upstairs and where the alarm was placed.
But he then tested the cooker and it was comdemed straight away.

Any way the point is the cooker was giving out CO2 but NO one in the house had any CO2 symptoms.

NinjaB

I don't know if yours is the same but when I take mine down it has what each number of beeps means written on the back

Paul_Varjak

I would certainly be worried! You say it only beeped once though. Was it a very short beep? If it was, then it was probably a low battery warning.

I usually find that when batteries get low they get low always at night time - I think because the battery is not so efficient in colder weather!

Does you CO alarm have a digital display, giving the CO level? I think it should always read zero! I am not sure at what level the alarm would actually sound though.

Read your instruction manual - I am sure you must have kept that in an easy to find place!?

elektra-2007

when my batteries were going in mine it made intermitten beeps started off at 1 then over the next few days got more. I thought if it detected co it would beep more have u pressed your test button. If you cant find your instructions look up the make online to see if theres downloadable instructions.

plainsie

Can anyone tell me where's the best place to fit a carbon monoxide alarm. Gas cooker (kitchen obviously) and gas fire (living room). 2 storey house with bedrooms upstairs. Many thanks

heating-eng

plainsie wrote: »

Can anyone tell me where's the best place to fit a carbon monoxide alarm. Gas cooker (kitchen obviously) and gas fire (living room). 2 storey house with bedrooms upstairs. Many thanks

there is quite a few on ebay and very cheap

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/carbon-monoxide-Detector-Sf-450_W0QQitemZ150430606795QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Safety_Alarms?hash=item23065ce5cb

plainsie

heating-eng wrote: »

there is quite a few on ebay and very cheap

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/carbon-monoxide-Detector-Sf-450_W0QQitemZ150430606795QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Safety_Alarms?hash=item23065ce5cb

Thanks heating-eng Can you tell me where I should install it. Kitchen or living room or bottom of stairs ? Thankyou.