"William Brown" wrote in message
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Ann Onymous wrote:

In article ,
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Remember one thing about CO detectors, they read what is specified by
CPSC.
That level of read out is unacceptable.


How so? CO detectors are designed to detect CO released from
malfunctioning combustion appliances. Pretty much any CO detector out
there will accomplish this job just fine.

I don't think that is so. We had one (I can't recall the brand but it
was one of the companies that makes smoke detectors) that went off. We
rushed outside and called the fire department; they came quickly and
impressively, with all kinds of equipment, and found there was no CO.
They suggested I get a Nighthawk as they felt it was the best consumer
level alarm made. We have had our Nighthawk for many years now and it
has performed flawlessly.

I know there is an argument that the one I had that went off erroneously
probably would have gone off had there been a dangerous level of CO, but
I think a detector that goes off erroneously is more likely to be
ignored when there is a true danger.

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That reminds me of a story about a doctor in NY(?). his CO detector kept
going off and he unplugged it.

He came home from work the next day and his family was dead. The CO
detector was doing it's job, but he didn't believe it. Now he has dead
parents, a dead wife and dead kids.

You can't be too safe.