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Default Advice on carbon monoxide detector for home use?

On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:01:09 GMT, kjw wrote:


It is my understandng that the combo units aren't nearly as good as
smoke rises and CO sinks. Putting a smoke detector low won't do much
good, nor would a CO do much good high.


CO does not sink. CO has a molecular weight of 28, the same as
nitrogen which makes up the majority of our atmosphere.