On 17 Apr 2005 15:35:24 -0700, someone wrote:

Besides smoke detectors, what other detectors should everyone have?

There is nothing that "everyone" should have.

There are various things that SOME people might want given their
situations and their psyches.

Around here there are a lot of weekend homes. People have temperature
monitoring systems so if the heat goes out in the winter, it calls
somebody.

Our commercial properties have intrusion montoring that calls somebody
if there is an entry.

I don't have any natural gas in my house, so why would I have a gas
monitor? I do have an oil boiler, the chimney is well maintained, so
I am not worried about CO enough to have a "monitor" for it, but maybe
you are, so it would be your choice but not for "everybody"
(especially if they had a heat pump with electric backup).

At some point the line is crossed between taking REASONABLE
precautions, and being a scared rabbit living in constant fear.


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