Hi all....

I'm in need on a CO detector for home use

I'm seeing many combo CO detectors....either a combo CO
and smoke.... or combo CO and natural gas unit.

Is there any value to buy such a combo unit or is it
best to have sep units for each function?

If combo units are good thing..... WHICH combo model?
the CO and smoke.... or CO and natural gas?

writes:

Hi all....

I'm in need on a CO detector for home use

I'm seeing many combo CO detectors....either a combo CO
and smoke.... or combo CO and natural gas unit.

Is there any value to buy such a combo unit or is it
best to have sep units for each function?

If combo units are good thing..... WHICH combo model?
the CO and smoke.... or CO and natural gas?

Kiddie Nighthawk plug in model, end of story. If you want reliable
non falsing CO detection, that's what 2 fire departments have
recommended to me.

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http://toddh.net/

On Feb 28, 3:07 pm, (Todd H.) wrote:
writes:
Hi all....

I'm in need on a CO detector for home use

I'm seeing many combo CO detectors....either a combo CO
and smoke.... or combo CO and natural gas unit.

Is there any value to buy such a combo unit or is it
best to have sep units for each function?

If combo units are good thing..... WHICH combo model?
the CO and smoke.... or CO and natural gas?

Kiddie Nighthawk plug in model, end of story. If you want reliable
non falsing CO detection, that's what 2 fire departments have
recommended to me.

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Todd H. http://toddh.net/


I think a lot depends on what you already have. Just about
everywhere, smoke detectors are already required, at least one on each
level. So, if you have more than one smoke detector and already meet
code reqts, you may want to make an additional unit a combo NG one.
However, I'd always give first priority to CO, because NG is much
easier to detect, having an obvious odor at concentrations an order of
magnitude below the combustible level.

wrote:

I think a lot depends on what you already have.

have nothing right now

No smoke OR Co detector of any kind

Sounds like its best to keep them as sep units then
huh?

(Todd H.) wrote:

Kiddie Nighthawk plug in model, end of story.

Yeah..... don't the First Alert models have slower
reaction times than Kidde?

Seems like I heard that somewhere but cant conform it

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:51:39 -0600, wrote:

Hi all....

I'm in need on a CO detector for home use

I'm seeing many combo CO detectors....either a combo CO
and smoke.... or combo CO and natural gas unit.

Is there any value to buy such a combo unit or is it
best to have sep units for each function?

If combo units are good thing..... WHICH combo model?
the CO and smoke.... or CO and natural gas?

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.

On 2007-03-02, kjw wrote:
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:51:39 -0600, wrote:

Hi all....

I'm in need on a CO detector for home use

I'm seeing many combo CO detectors....either a combo CO
and smoke.... or combo CO and natural gas unit.

Is there any value to buy such a combo unit or is it
best to have sep units for each function?

If combo units are good thing..... WHICH combo model?
the CO and smoke.... or CO and natural gas?

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 sinks? I don't think so. The instructions of the model I have (CO
Experts) recommends for it to be placed at approximately head level.

I vaguely recall that CO has about the same weight as air.

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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.

On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:56:34 -0600, someone wrote:


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

Yeah, so doesn't rise either.

We don't have natural gas.

The damn house is already full of smoke detectors; in my state at
least, not only on "each level" but also in each bedroom as well as
hallways outside the bedrooms.

Whereas CO only arises from a fuel buring appliance, which in my house
is only located in the basement (yeah, we have those here).

I'm gonna get around to buying one to put at near the basement stair.
There is presently a run on them in my area as we just had a local
case in the local news where some elderly people where gassed by CO
from a clogged oil furnace/boiler (wasn't clear which) flue. The news
also said that the heating system had recently been serviced; if true,
then maybe somebody's gonna get sued?


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