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I agree. But in most homes/office spaces, there is no source for CO, so people don't worry about it too much. It's of course a different matter if people have t
by sinuhe69 4y ago
I agree. But in most homes/office spaces, there is no source for CO, so people don't worry about it too much. It's of course a different matter if people have to heat their house with coal firing or something similar. Every winter I heard stories about CO deaths in developing countries again. That's really sad :'(
- poulsbohemian 4y agoAdditionally, in many states there is a requirement to have CO detectors anyway, and it is generally built-in functionality to modern smoke alarms. So it's a double whammy of many homes not having any source of CO plus having built in detectors.
- dolni 4y agoI think you've sort of missed the point I was making. Yes, CO detectors will alarm when CO levels are high enough to kill you. They will intentionally NOT alarm if there is a low, persistent level of CO that probably has devastating health effects over the long term (think 20ppm in your house all the time). Some years ago, my furnace had a cracked heat exchanger and, unknown to me, was pushing CO into my living space. I only noticed by luck. I walked by one of my CO alarms, hit the "max level" button and thought to myself that 25ppm is quite high. So I reset it and checked it again the next day. Sure enough, it shot back up.
- dolni 4y agoYou don't need to fire coal to produce CO. Both natural gas and propane produce CO when combusted. In a home, a small crack in your furnace's heat exchanger is all it takes. It's very common for natural gas to be used to heat homes and office spaces, at least in the US. Additionally, water heaters and dryers might use natural gas. Gas stoves do, too. You ever notice how CO alarm instructions have a blurb about not putting the alarm too close to your furnace, or too close to a gas stove?
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- password4321 4y agoCooking on a gas stove?