3 ms·

Tragic. Recently California started requiring carbon monoxide detectors in most homes.[1] Make sure you have one. That's a surprising cause though. How much CO

• JshWright 10y ago
  New York has a similar law: http://www.amandaslaw.org/ http://www.amandaslaw.org/ As both a maker and a firefighter, I would be _very_ surprised if CO from a laser cutter was actually the cause here. Laser cutters can absolutely emit harmful fumes, but CO needs to be in the hundreds of ppm range to be fatal, and that's a _lot_ of CO. For context, we had a call a while back where a guy was running a gas powered (two-stroke) rotary saw [1] for a couple hours in a poorly ventilated basement. CO levels were in the 300-400 range (and he was certainly feeling poorly). [1] Something like this: https://www.fastenal.com/products/details/0804841 https://www.fastenal.com/products/details/0804841
  • Gibbon1 10y ago
    My dad mentioned that he almost died from a wall heater in college. He was 'sick with the flu' and getting worse. One night laying in bed the wall heater fired up. He saw the light from the flame flickering on the floor and he thought 'that's odd it's orange not blue' The exhaust was blocked with soot. I also had a friend and his GF that died from an improperly installed furnace. I also wonder about cyanide from cutting plastic as well as carbon monoxide. No idea, but they both seem about as toxic.