Dick wrote:
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:59:46 -0500, "CBHVAC"
wrote:


"Dick" LeadWinger wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:23:40 GMT, Speedy Jim wrote:


Bob wrote:


I agree that it could be a dangerous situation, but I think he should
call
someone ASAP. It would be terrible if something happened, especially if
it
takes a few days for him to get around to doing it, and someone in his
family fails to wake up one morning.


SNIP


That's a fair point indeed.
I'll amend my advice to: "Shut off the gas line to the heater ... now.
Jim

I appreciate everyone's concern, but this has been going on for at
least six months. And we have CO detectors in the house which haven't
picked up anything. One thing the technician and another person told
us was that, if you feel the collar at the bottom of the flue pipe,
and it isn't hot, the flue is not restricted. Ours does not get hot.


The advice given about the flue is BS, and if you are using Lowes, or HD
boght CO detectors, they suck...I dont care what brand you got.
They do NOT go off until your levels of CO are, and HAVE BEEN at high levels
for a set period of time.



We are using Nighhawk detectors which were highly rated when we bought
them. I can only assume that the gas company technician was using
professionally calibrated equipment.

I have a Nighthawk too, and it is a good product
compared to other CO detector. My wife insisted
on it when we got a gas water heater and furnace
about 5 years ago. It has never measured anything
but zero except when it when bonkers when the
power went off for a while and the battery ran
down. It is probably the most useless too in my
house. Way, way down the line from a blow torch
which I haven't used in 25 years.

Sorry, this isn't helping. If you really want to
know what is happening you will have to look at
and in the burner when it is off and if you see no
cause of the smell, you will need to look at it
when the burner is on.