Do you have a carbon monoxide detector?

victor2

C_Mababejive wrote: »

If your CO detector goes off,what will you do?

Remove the battery...;)

ollski

Lucy_Lastic wrote: »

In the case of a gas fired boiler being housed in a cupboard in an upstairs bedroom (bedroom about 14x14 ft), where would you place the carbon monoxide detector? The only other gas appliance in the house is the gas hob, in the kitchen.

Hi, locate it in the bedroom definitely. The exact mounting depends on the make of the alarm but it will be specified in their instructions.

C_Mababejive

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Ventilate and move to fresh air?

Well i guess that would be a good strategy in the case of sudden high concentration release.

For those who are not sure how they work, CODs dont work like smoke detectors. Smoke detectors are intant trigger devices.They see smoke,they alarm,,,and you will probably see the source of smoke..simples.

CODS..well they finally trigger as a result of longer term low level readings of CO (except for sudden high conc' release) so they monitor over a period of time and trigger based on an algorithm of inputs relating to concentration and persistence

if it goes off,then the chances are that you arent going to die right there and then.

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loracan1

C_Mababejive wrote: »

if it goes off,then the chances are that you arent going to die right there and then.

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...and it will have done its job.

C_Mababejive

loracan1 wrote: »

...and it will have done its job.

So then the thing to do is call an engineer and have the whole house checked.

Csa_Survivor

ollski wrote: »

Hi a reading of up to 10ppm is acceptable in the room so 2 is fine. Your alarm shouldn't trigger until it hits 40 at least. Don't forget other sources can trigger the alarm at this level such as cigarette smoke.
I would be concerned that the alarm stopped ringing in fresh air and restarted when it was reintroduced though.

Hello again ollski, thanks for that, after doing a little bit of research on the net I thought that must be the case, but I will come back on here and tell you the outcome once my plumber returns, gives the fire the ok and reconnects it hopefully.
With regards to other sources possibly triggering the alarm, cigarette smoke is not an issue as we do not smoke so that can be ruled out?
I think I was probably not very clear about the alarm stopping ringing in fresh air now, looking back! I am fairly certain that when I took the alarm outside while it was ringing, I actually pressed the reset button and that is what stopped it ringing. Then, when I brought it back in, a few minutes later it went off again, just thought I would mention that in case you were picking up on the point I made about the alarm seeming to switch itself off once I took it outside.
Many Thanks

Csa_Survivor

Update:
Plumber been now, put fire back together, this time only a reading of 1 on his carbon monoxide detector so its ok to use.

datlex

I do for peace of mind.