On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:49:31 +0000, in uk.d-i-y The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Phil Addison wrote:


And if your beloved forgets to turn on the fan, or its not fast enough
....

OK for yourself, but to risk CO poisoning of another is not on.

You will be misted up and fugged up with H2O and CO2 long before the
stove starts to produce significant CO.

But she is expected to stay inside until the soup is hot.

I have DONE THIS.

Is that a recommendation or a warning?

In fact and in practice. It works. Usually we left the back doors open.

But the spec for this discussion is that all the doors and windows stay
shut to keep out mosquitos.

In pouring and driving rain we kept the engine running and removed the
engine cover. No heater or fan on that van in those days. :-)

Failure to do either resulted in HUGE condensation. We even did that
too, for a quick cuppa parked up in torrential rain. We certainly didn't
die of CO posoning. It only takes a few minutes to boil a camping kettle.

How long does it take to get brain damage from CO?

Phil
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