Rant: CO detectors

[jim]

Ha! I just had an elephant! Remember when I said we had a detector go bad about a month ago and I pitched it because it gave a false alarm when we had a bunch of people over? Guess what I did that night? Grilled. Under the carport near the house because it was raining.

I guess they do work.

[a_smith]

great story Jim

thanks for the info Luke.

Are there CO detectors that you would suggest buying? anyone better than the others?

It just happens that one of our CO detectors just died.

[jim]

Get it fixed. CO detectors save head aches. I'm proof.

[Mary1966]

My apartment manager recently installed one of these in my apartment:

http://www.kidde.com/ProductCatalog/Pag ... wered.aspx

My model is Model KN-COB-B-LPM. Hasn't done anything yet. My smoke alarm is in the same hallway. At least my cooking on the stove doesn't set it off like it does the smoke alarm.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I went out and bought a fire/CO detector last night. After dinner, I was feeling like [expletive]. Dizzy, lightheaded, seeing spots, etc. Ms. AW said she didn't feel well either and AW jr was crying (because he was hungry, but whatever). We had taken the dogs for a walk earlier and one of them couldn't even finish the 1 mile super hike we undertook and had to be carried back to the house.

So, as I'm feeling horrible, immediately I think of this thread and tried to figure out if we had done anything that could be releasing CO into the house. We hadn't. But, both of us feeling not so good - me in particular - and not wanting to risk anything, we went and got a detector. As I was driving, I began to feel worse.

By the time we got back to the house, I was 100% sure the house was a huge CO trap. And, I felt absolutely miserable and had the sticky spit, and we all know what happens after you get the sticky spits.

I went inside and turned the thing on.....and nothing. I really wanted the [expletive] thing to go off too because I felt like [expletive] and was scared at what other reason there could be for feeling this bad....but nothing. After 5 minutes, AW jr had had enough and wanted to eat, come hell or highwater or CO or whatever, and Ms. AW said she felt 100% normal and was sure the house was fine.* Okay. So, they go back in, and I stayed outside and started dry heaving and somewhat yacking. I went in to make sure they were okay. And, they were.

In the end, I had a migraine and upon realizing the house was safe, immediately took a ton of medicine and passed out. Ms. AW is apparently a wuss. AW jr was, in fact, just hungry and the dog is simply fat and out of shape.

But, we now have a CO detector.

*At this point, I thought about calling the fire department and asking what they thought, just to be sure. But, the thought of a massive truck showing up sirens blazing prevented that.

[lukethedrifter]

great story Jim

thanks for the info Luke.

Are there CO detectors that you would suggest buying? anyone better than the others?

It just happens that one of our CO detectors just died.

my apologies for not replying sooner. I'm now aware of a particular best one. Just get one that has a numerical display and that has an alarm that will wake you up. Put it somewhere where air will circulate around it but not by an exterior door.