Carbon Monoxide monitor

slinga

Dunno where to post this, hope it's near enough.
I've bought a Carbon Monoxide monitor but not sure best place to site it.
Should it be low down or high up in a room and is upstairs on the staircase or downstairs better.

I suppose I'm asking is Carbon Monoxide lighter or heavier than air.

macman

Generally in the same room as your gas boiler or gas fire: i.e. near the source of any CO. But there will be instructions supplied with it that indicate where and how you should mount it. Mine is roughly at head height.
CO is slightly lighter than air, but mixes feely with it.
Assuming your boiler is downstairs, putting it upstairs would be pointless, as the ground floor could be flooded with CO before it triggered upstairs.

C_Mababejive

Read the instructions. Do not put it near your gas appliance as it may be prone to false triggering in some circumstances..

Nada666

macman wrote: »

Generally in the same room as your gas boiler or gas fire: i.e. near the source of any CO2. But there will be instructions supplied with it that indicate where and how you should mount it. Mine is roughly at head height.
CO2 s slightly lighter than air, but mixes feely with it.
Assuming your boiler is downstairs, putting it upstairs would be pointless, as the ground floor could be flooded with CO2 before it triggered upstairs.

Uhm, CO2? The clue is in the name - a carbon monoxide detector.

alleycat`

Common mistake macman :-)

CO - carbon monoxide.
CO2 - carbon dioxide.

Usually the monitor needs to be positioned in the room where the appliance is but not too close or it might give you a false reading.

Typically CO is slightly lighter than Oxygen at normal rooms temperatures but there isn't a huge amount in it.

Position it in accordance with the destructions which i imagine say about head height or a little bit higher.

Typically not in corners or where it will be exposed to drafts.

slinga

Thanks all.
Seems I'm not the only one confused.

lemontart

what is the make and model ? I will google it and post link to the operating instructions that most makers have online

macman

I'm not confused. But it seems my fingers were not fully connected to my brain when posting-now edited.
Thanks all.

lemontart

carbon monoxide is not heavier than air where as carbon dioxide is

Wail

Nada666 wrote: »

Uhm, CO2? The clue is in the name - a carbon monoxide detector.

Technically, it is correct. CO is emitted by CO2 emitters not burning efficiently. However, this is really pedantic.