On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 7:42:13 PM UTC-5, dadiOH wrote:
"philo" wrote in message
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Had to go back on-line for this even though I was going to be signing off
for a few days

A friend of mine is doing repair work at a house.

The guy who owns the house is giving him free room and board in exchange
for labor.

The owner had warmed his car up inside of the built-in garage.

Even though the overhead door was open, the fumes filtered into the
bedroom above where my friend was staying.

He furiously told the owner not to do that.

The next day the owner did it again while my buddy was sleeping and for
some reason miraculously woke up just in time to call 911. They told him
in a few more minutes he would have been dead.


I told the guy to call the police and report it as attempted negligent
homicide then get the hell out at once.


I am worried that it may take him a few days to find some other place to
move.


Since I posted recently that a friend of a friend died this year from CO

I am wondering if CO alarms should be mandatory....or does a standard
smoke alarm also warn the occupants of CO

So was the car owner in the garage or car while the car was warming up?
Have you never done the same?

Despite what the MD call taker at 911 told him I personally wouldn't worry
about being in a bedroom in a house where an engine was running in an open
garage.

BTW, you can't smell carbon monoxide.

I'd be worried about it, especially when it's apparently a rental
and the tenant probably doesn't know much about how the garage is
constructed. It's not unheard of for there to be a path from the
garage to the home HVAC intake, for example. A lot can also depend
on the wind, ie is it blowing the exhaust back into the garage?

I can tell you that I was affected by CO from the generator on my
boat one day. I was anchored in a bay, with the gen running.
The exhaust comes out the back, near the water level. I was
inside the cabin, with the door open, and enough exhaust apparently was
blowing back that after 30 mins or so, I started to feel light
headed. Quite a few people have died while swimming close
behind boats like that too. I turned off the gen, stayed outside
for 15 mins or so and was fine.

I think running an engine in a garage like that is a very bad idea.
Even if it doesn't kill someone in the house, foolish people can get
used to it, not be thinking and maybe go back into the garage to
do something while the car is warming up, not realizing that the
CO level there can be high.