Another serious carbon monoxide incident.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Another serious carbon monoxide incident.

Whenarewethere · Guru

I don't get it why people burn things inside.

Warren-Pat_01 · Guru

Friends of Pat went back to the USA some years ago for a family funeral. The wife & one son were the only ones to return because the (eventually proven faulty) heater in the basement was the cause of wiping out most of the family - including the first person!

icantstop · Member

Warren-Pat_01 wrote:
Friends of Pat went back to the USA some years ago for a family funeral. The wife & one son were the only ones to return because the (eventually proven faulty) heater in the basement was the cause of wiping out most of the family - including the first person!

Yes, make sure those flueless gas heaters are serviced properly. They can be a silent killer, particularly in an enclosed space like a bedroom. It almost got me many years ago although it was leaking gas too so I smelt it. I am lucky to be typing here... :)

Cupie · Guru

Wouldn't those Buddy portable gas heaters be a risk?

I see that they have a CO2 cut out feature.

Whenarewethere · Guru

icantstop wrote:
It almost got me many years ago although it was leaking gas too so I smelt it. I am lucky to be typing here... :)

Years ago working in North Sydney, 2 doors up in a row of terrace houses tradies were renovating. The owner of that property was also working out the back (nice bloke). He said he never saw 2 workers fly past him so fast.

We smelt a strong smell of gas, soon after the fire brigade turned up & cleared out the street.

The workers were using an angle grinder at the boundary in the basement & under the footpath to eventually build a new wall. They accidentally cut through the gas mains!

Later that day I spoke to one of the fireys & said it was lucky that we all didn't go up. He said that so much gas was coming out that it depleted the air of oxygen.

Woody n Sue · Guru

But WHY would you bring a charcoal fire inside absolute idiot .

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Woody n Sue wrote:
But WHY would you bring a charcoal fire inside absolute idiot .

RVers have often put flower pots on gas stoves for heating. Just as dangerous - no, more dangerous, because the space is smaller.

Cheers,

Peter

Tony Bev · Guru

There are obviously, some people who were not aware, of carbon monoxide poisoning

As Peter (Peter n Margaret), has already said

You can not see/taste/feel/smell, carbon monoxide, and it has been known to kill people, in the past

Many years ago, I saw a post from Jules47/Billeee (I think), on this forum
They mentioned about a smoke alarm, which was also a carbon monoxide alarm, at Bunnings

It was expensive, compared to an ordinary smoke alarm, but had a guaranteed 10 year life, without fitting a battery

I purchased one, and it worked out not too far off, the same price as a normal smoke alarm, with 10 years supply of batteries

Edit to say

It is called a Quell Worry-Free Photoelectric and Carbon Monoxide Alarm

The item number is I/N: 4211435

It is now down to $68, and it has a guaranteed 10 year lithium battery life

-- Edited by Tony Bev on Friday 17th of July 2020 09:33:18 PM

Mike Harding · Guru

Aldi sometimes do a CO alarm for about $20 or you can buy one on-line for similar.

Australia does not have an Australian Standard for CO alarms so ensure you buy one which complies with the European standard - can't recall the number but Google will tell you.

CO detectors should be replaced every 10 years or so as the sensor, essentially, wears out.

*CHECK* that your detector actually *WORKS*! Do this by putting it near a camp fire for 20 minutes or maybe a car exhaust and establishing that it produces a non zero reading. Mine has a peak level memory and I ensure this is always a non zero value so I can be reasonably confident that if it changes bad things are happening. Repeat this process every year or so.

As has been stated: CO cannot be detected by the human senses - the first thing you'll know about it is when you don't wake up....