CM dectecgtors

Does anyone know the best kind of carbon monoxide detector to buy? I want to be able to detect the "lowest" of levels in my home,,I like the plug in kind, I have one, but its 6 years old and have read those need replaced about every 4 years or so. Also, is the best place to put them by your air vent? Some sites say the ceiling and some say the vent, the vent makes more sense to me.
 
I had our furnace checked and there were high levels, but in the gasline. Our furnace guy said we should get it replaced, its very old, but there was no threat of CM in our home...however, someone on this site told me differently. I have never felt as sick as I do in my home (6 years) and I spend a lot of time in my house (I love my home). My husband seems to get sick a lot too, he doesn't complain much, but once in a while he'll mention he doesn't feel well or that he's dizzy/lightheaded/nausea or bad headaches (which is something I've recently developed, so severe I get physically sick.
 
Also, I have a gas fireplace that I had cleaned and used around Christmas. We didn't know it, but we had the flew (sp) open for 6 years -had not used it before..we closed that. Should it be kept open for ventilation?
 
Any brands to suggest? If there is any CM escaping my furnace, I want to beable to detect it.......???


     

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Hi Barbara,

The flue needs to be open when using gas as this is your exhaust. You need
vents in the room or a window that is open also or you may knock yourselves
out whilst using it.
My plumber refused to connect the gas in a gas fire place style unit in a
bedroom that is set in an old fireplace until we put in vents in the walls
to outside as he said it is against the standards here for air exchange.

Helen (Australia)

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Barbara Janousek <[hidden email]
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> Does anyone know the best kind of carbon monoxide detector to buy?

I just bought whatever was sold in my local hardware store...
one can also get sick from Radon gas (coming from the
ground underneath the house), so a Radon gas detector
might also be useful (although I don't think I have
one of those)

Marc

My personal feeling is that the radon threat is overblown unless you work in
a mine.

There's a small CO detector you can keep on a key chain. But I would find
a plumber with a good quality natural gas detector and check that. Or put
soapy water on all the joints and look for bubbles.

A detector you plug in is going to have EMF issues, and with CO you just
need to test all the gas appliances; maybe once per season is enough.

A gas stove will make CO whenever you cook, especially as it warms up.
So, either cook outside or have a fan on...

Bill



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Hi, Barbara,
 
When you have a gas furnace or appliance, you can have problems from eithercarbon monoxide (a bi-product after the gas has been burned) or the gas itself (the gas furnace or lines leaking).  Each of these situations calls for different detectors and either can make you ill.  I do not know how much they cost but both detectors are available as battery units.  You can probably call your gas company to find out where to get them.  My father worked for a natural gas pipeline; he says that the battery onesare the ones the gas line checkers use themselves, so they do a good jobmeasuring. 
 
Diane


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From: Helen Murphy <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [eSens] CM dectecgtors
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Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 3:13 AM






Hi Barbara,

The flue needs to be open when using gas as this is your exhaust. You need
vents in the room or a window that is open also or you may knock yourselves
out whilst using it.
My plumber refused to connect the gas in a gas fire place style unit in a
bedroom that is set in an old fireplace until we put in vents in the walls
to outside as he said it is against the standards here for air exchange.

Helen (Australia)

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Barbara Janousek <barbarajanousek@ yahoo.com
> wrote:

--
Helen A Murphy

Environomics. com.au
0448 877 384
03 9372 3217

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