wdk450
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Gang:
I have been having a SERIOUS discussion with my older brother and his wife about a possible CO situation in their house. When asked if they had a working CO detector in their house, I was told that "it kept beeping off, so we threw it out". I think that this was possibly a combo CO-Smoke detector and they didn't sense any smoke. My brother has been having a series of chronic health issues over the past couple years that we attributed to his aging, but now he has had strong emotional health issues, too. A lot of this correlates with low CO exposure. They have told me about a gas water heater that is somehow under the house. I told them to immediately get a CO alarm, get the Gas company out to inspect all gas appliances for CO production/leakage, and did some website searching of CO webpages to send them.
I found this EXCELLENT webpage on the dangers of CO, the dangers of low level CO, and all sorts of stuff on the CO detectors. https://sdinspect.com/health-and-safety/new-law-regarding-carbon-monoxide-detectors/
I also found this low cost CO "sniffer" detector with a numeric value readout: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Carbon-Mon...121465&hash=item5448c3defc:g:48kAAOSw7GRZMlmv
This is one of those RV safety things that we need to think about on an occasional, regular basis. Maybe like the Fire departments recommend, twice a year at clock time change dates. I think it would be neat to maybe set up an RV safety checklist to go through on those twice yearly dates. Safety alarms (remember that these alarms have a limited effective lifetime); electrical chassis leakage and wiring connections at the breaker box and other high amperage points; propane gas pressure leak down test; propane refrigerator outside panel inspection for safety and refrigerant leakage; tires and suspension; what else can the collective Heartland brain think of???
I have been having a SERIOUS discussion with my older brother and his wife about a possible CO situation in their house. When asked if they had a working CO detector in their house, I was told that "it kept beeping off, so we threw it out". I think that this was possibly a combo CO-Smoke detector and they didn't sense any smoke. My brother has been having a series of chronic health issues over the past couple years that we attributed to his aging, but now he has had strong emotional health issues, too. A lot of this correlates with low CO exposure. They have told me about a gas water heater that is somehow under the house. I told them to immediately get a CO alarm, get the Gas company out to inspect all gas appliances for CO production/leakage, and did some website searching of CO webpages to send them.
I found this EXCELLENT webpage on the dangers of CO, the dangers of low level CO, and all sorts of stuff on the CO detectors. https://sdinspect.com/health-and-safety/new-law-regarding-carbon-monoxide-detectors/
I also found this low cost CO "sniffer" detector with a numeric value readout: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Carbon-Mon...121465&hash=item5448c3defc:g:48kAAOSw7GRZMlmv
This is one of those RV safety things that we need to think about on an occasional, regular basis. Maybe like the Fire departments recommend, twice a year at clock time change dates. I think it would be neat to maybe set up an RV safety checklist to go through on those twice yearly dates. Safety alarms (remember that these alarms have a limited effective lifetime); electrical chassis leakage and wiring connections at the breaker box and other high amperage points; propane gas pressure leak down test; propane refrigerator outside panel inspection for safety and refrigerant leakage; tires and suspension; what else can the collective Heartland brain think of???
