Carbon Monoxide Detector

deanos

RedOnRed wrote:

If the OP is for a detector that just changes colour then they're not really that recommended.

Unless the parents checked it regularly, a silent/passive detector probably wouldn't have saved the poor children who died in Corfu recently in their sleep.

If carbon menoxide is leaking into your house you need something with an audible alert that will be loud enough to awake you, not something that just changes colour.

Agreed the ones that change colour shouldnt be used, get an electronic one

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50561789

Mandles

RedOnRed wrote:

If the OP is for a detector that just changes colour then they're not really that recommended.

Unless the parents checked it regularly, a silent/passive detector probably wouldn't have saved the poor children who died in Corfu recently in their sleep.

If carbon menoxide is leaking into your house you need something with an audible alert that will be loud enough to awake you, not something that just changes colour.

I agree, i saw this on tv today and and they said it is not a very good one to get as you may not notice it change colour and it may be too late.Worth the extra fiver for the one that beeps i think.

Darren21

had a look round on the net and found that this is a good one because its completely portable and used by british gas, scottish power are doing it for £22.50 which I think must be cost as these are around £30-35 everywhere else including ebay:

https://ssl.w2k.uk.vianw.net/www_gtiresponse_com/gtir/carbmonord.asp

WARNING - sorry can anyone confirm this is a legit deal as the web address is a bit odd??

garyepw

Darren21 wrote:

had a look round on the net and found that this is a good one because its completely portable and used by british gas, scottish power are doing it for £22.50 which I think must be cost as these are around £30-35 everywhere else including ebay:

https://ssl.w2k.uk.vianw.net/www_gtiresponse_com/gtir/carbmonord.asp

WARNING - sorry can anyone confirm this is a legit deal as the web address is a bit odd??

If you go to the Scottish Power website it links to this page, so I guess it's correct. I just had my boiler serviced and the guy from BG tried to sell me two if these at £36 each, so this is a bit of a bargain. :T

dmoore

garyepw wrote:

If you go to the Scottish Power website it links to this page, so I guess it's correct. I just had my boiler serviced and the guy from BG tried to sell me two if these at £36 each, so this is a bit of a bargain. :T

the security warning i got was because their security certificate expired a few days ago... shouldnt be a cause for concern other for than an embarrased site admin somewhere

derek

jonboy31

they had these in ALDI the other week (electronic kiddie brand ones) for 19.99 There were some left in the kendal branch last saturday, there may be some elsewhere if you are lucky.

John

misfire

I second redonred - my gas engineer told me by time those ones change colour it will be too late.

We had an electronic one in our old house as the boiler was in my sons room - must get one for here.

redmoorphil

CO had obviously been present for at least a week in the villa so one of these may have shown a problem. That may not always be the case though, so I must agree with you that the electronic versions are better.
The colour changing cards may lull you into a false sense of security and would prove useless in cases where a sudden appearance of CO could prove fatal.

stolt

yeah the recent stories of those poor kid son holiday made me realise that 22.50 is nothing compared to my kiddies safety. Plus i have to admit we had our boiler installed four years ago and have yet to have a service on it.

--Tony--

Premier wrote:

I think you could be confusing this battery operated model Ei204 model with the mains operated 260 series. The 260 series do have a sensor that only lasts 5 years, but a replacement sensor is available from the manufacturers.

As L.S.D. says, there is nothing about the Ei204 model only lasting 5 years and the batteries are replaceable.

http://www.eielectronics.com/p2.php

You are correct its the sensor that only lasts 5-6 years, its very rare to have a replaceable sensor but if you do of course the life is unlimited as long as you replace the sensors