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Recommended Carbon Monoxide detectors
Soniclord
Posts: 191 Forumite
Can someone recommend me a good carbon monoxide detector, I need 2.
Money is no object as obviously life is more important than money
Money is no object as obviously life is more important than money
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Always go for detectors that show peak levels and not just the danger level. I had one of the latter installed which never went off. So I thought I was safe. Then I started experiencing all sorts of health effects and would be quite woozy some mornings. The penny didn't drop for a long time - but I had been operating my solid fuel stove with the door open because I like the open flame
. Apparently you can do this with some of these stoves but not all.
I got myself two of the peak level ones and was amazed to see a level of carbon monoxide, not enough to trigger the alarm on the first detector but which still should not be there on a sustained basis.
Chronic low level exposure can cause long lasting neurological problems, maybe even permanent. I ended up taking retirement earlier than planned.
It's not just about life threatening levels.0 -
This is probably a stupid question, but I just want to be safe. Is there any need to install carbon monoxide detectors in a flat that is electricity-only (that is, there is no gas supply or anything that burns fuel in the flat or, as far as I know, in the entire building)?0
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