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What's your CO plan ?

co poisoning is not a joking matter.
i work for a rather large hvac contractor. non residential.
co worker was in a newer boiler room, was overcome and passed away. when they found him, he was sitting, back against a wall, legs crossed, cup of coffee in his hand. like he was taking a nap.
 
Title edited for you -
  • changed co2 to CO,
  • added apostrophe to Whats to make What's,
  • and added a question mark at the end as it is a question.
:D

Damn it, now I'll have to edit my post! :thankyou:

I heat with a natural gas forced hot air. Definitely using a CO detector.
 
There were so many lines in that movie that could never be used in a modern movie. It’s a shame, really. If things keep going the way they are going we will have to go back to silent films where nobody says anything.
 
The title should read, co, not co2. My mistake. Fall weather, and the beginning of heating season are here. For those of us heating our homes with gas, it is important to have carbon monoxide detectors installed. The older a gas furnace becomes, the more prone it is to developing a cracked heat exchanger. This can allow co to mix in the air stream. Most of us are aware of co dangers, and have detectors, but have you ever thought out your plan if the alarm goes off ? Open windows ? Crawl out of house ? Shut it off, and go back to bed ? This is an odorless silent killer. Not to be overlooked. Whats your plan, if you here the beep ?
Aaron's, thanks for posting this.
I hope anyone that has not yet checks the furnace & any gas fired heater. Plus batteries in the co detector and smoke alarms.
Good subject.
 
CO detectors can be mounted high, but should not be so high that the heat layer doesn't allow the gas to reach the detector. I have mine mounted about 5' off the floor - still plenty of room that the CO gas won't be blocked by the warm air in the house. Most fire deaths are due to CO poisoning. The CO usually kills people before the fire ever gets to them. Smoke inhalation = CO poisoning.

If your CO detector goes off, evacuate and call 911. If there are no signs of any poisoniong, leave the house closed up to make it easier for the Fire Dept to get an accurate reading when they check it out. If there are people afflicted, open windows and doors for ventilation and turn off all gas fed appliances if you aren't able to get them out.

Good reminder, Aaron.
 
Couple quick notes:

- You mount any gas detector per the manufactures instructions. These are designed to function on ceilings, at wall receptacle height, breathing level, etc. Follow the directions, they will tell you where to mount that particular detector.
- CO is not an instant thing like smoke obscuration. CO is time and saturation.

If you look at OSHA for CO, you can have certain levels of CO over time. As saturation increases time shortens. And of course there are very toxic levels but CO typically builds over time.
 
I live in an electric house.
Sister and 4 kids had a really bad scare and got very sick from a poorly vented furnace
 
Electricity here is thirty five cents a kilowatt hour for the house, fifty five cents a kilowatt hour for the shop.
Heating with propane, a bad month (December and January) costs us around $800.00. If we heated with electricity I can’t imagine what it would cost, but it would be much more.
 
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