How does ATOT test for carbon monoxide?

[krylon]

Do you all have a battery powered CO monitor, perform an annual heat exchanger test, or just have the service dude come out?

 

[SpunkyJones]

We have a battery powered monitor on each floor of the house.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I keep a cage of prisoners on each floor of the house. If they start to croak I start to worry.

 

[OCGuy]

Canary

 

[TruePaige]

I don't think they do, can forums die from carbon monoxide?

 

[Red Squirrel]

My parents bought a CO detector a few years ago (took them 23 years to realize it's a good idea to have one ). At my current new house, did not buy one yet but probably will at some point. I'd also like to figure out a way to interface it with the main gas valve so if it does detect a leak it shuts off the gas, but not sure how easy taht is to do. I'd like to do the same with smoke detectors. If it detects smoke it turns off the gas and electricity. That too, no idea how easy. Need some kind of relay of some sort for that and the gas one would need to be installed by a licenced gas fitter. I don't know why this is not standard... bet lot of fires would be prevented this way.

 

[MustISO]

We have one in the basement near the HVAC and one on the first floor because we have a gas fireplace. Nothing needed on the top floor.

 

[Fritzo]

We have detectors built into the fire detectors that were built into our house (connected to the power grid). They're pretty nice. They have different alarms and lights depending on the situation.

 

[eldorado99]

If my insomnia comes back then I know there isn't any carbon monoxide in the house.

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
We have detectors built into the fire detectors that were built into our house (connected to the power grid). They're pretty nice. They have different alarms and lights depending on the situation.

Smoke rises but CO is heavier than air. Where are your detectors located?

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Originally posted by: OCguy
Canary

F U. Just F U. :|


(that was gonna be my response)

 

[NascarFool]

Any fuel burning appliance creates CO. As a NATE Certified HVAC Tech, I strongly recommend having your furnace serviced every fall. A CO Detector should be within 15 feet of the bedrooms. You should not put a CO detector in the same room as the furnace, you can get false alarms when it is near the furnace or water heater.

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: NascarFool
Any fuel burning appliance creates CO. As a NATE Certified HVAC Tech, I strongly recommend having your furnace serviced every fall. A CO Detector should be within 15 feet of the bedrooms. You should not put a CO detector in the same room as the furnace, you can get false alarms when it is near the furnace or water heater.

What do you mean by serviced?

 

[IronWing]

Children and the elderly are more susceptible to CO poisoning, so send them in first.

 

[meltdown75]

co detector / smoke alarm combination... just replaced the battery Sunday. the "low battery" voice sounds like a Mexican demon android witch.

 

[l0cke]

I've got them in all the important rooms.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't test

 

[MiniDoom]

no, i have a heat pump.

 

[NascarFool]

Originally posted by: krylon

Originally posted by: NascarFool
Any fuel burning appliance creates CO. As a NATE Certified HVAC Tech, I strongly recommend having your furnace serviced every fall. A CO Detector should be within 15 feet of the bedrooms. You should not put a CO detector in the same room as the furnace, you can get false alarms when it is near the furnace or water heater.

What do you mean by serviced?

Have a respectable HVAC shop clean and check the system.

 

[BoomerD]

We were supposed to get the HVVAC system checked this fall, but our neighbor who's our HVAC tech, just had shoulder surgery, so he's out of commission for a couple of months. He said that once he's healed up, he'll be over to take care of it.

 

[MiniDoom]

clean the coil? check for what? i'm wondering if having your furnace serviced is just some dude looking at it and saying that will be $75.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: krylon

Originally posted by: Fritzo
We have detectors built into the fire detectors that were built into our house (connected to the power grid). They're pretty nice. They have different alarms and lights depending on the situation.

Smoke rises but CO is heavier than air. Where are your detectors located?

Don't know. Maybe in the ducts? All I know is it squawks for CO2 and flashes blue, and beeps for fire and flashes red.