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Testing a CO detector
They have a convenient spray that allows you to test the sensor
elements of a smoke detector http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_yl...+detector&did= (most alarms have no way to test the sensors when you press the test button) Is there a similar aerosol or method of thoroughly testing a CO detector? I couldn't find anything from a web search Thanks |
Testing a CO detector
Ya, take it in the garage (with the doors open) and start your push mower.
It should go off pretty quick. Those small engines really put it out.. steve wrote in message oups.com... They have a convenient spray that allows you to test the sensor elements of a smoke detector http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_yl...+detector&did= (most alarms have no way to test the sensors when you press the test button) Is there a similar aerosol or method of thoroughly testing a CO detector? I couldn't find anything from a web search Thanks |
Testing a CO detector
wrote in message oups.com... They have a convenient spray that allows you to test the sensor elements of a smoke detector http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_yl...Ft0A;_ylu=X3oD MTBhNjRqazhxBHNlYwNzZWFyY2g-?p=%22smoke+check%22+detector&did= (most alarms have no way to test the sensors when you press the test button) Is there a similar aerosol or method of thoroughly testing a CO detector? I couldn't find anything from a web search Thanks CO test gas... http://tinyurl.com/2du2pe |
Testing a CO detector
wrote in message oups.com... They have a convenient spray that allows you to test the sensor elements of a smoke detector I have been a proponent for years of NEVER EVER buying CO detectors that are not the digital variety. Those who give you the current or past levels of CO in a digital format. If it's a beep/no beep type and the danger zone is 400 (pick a number), and you only get to 399, it doesn't go off. I like to know if there's CO present at all, and if it is just a little, or approaching the beep level. Just MHO, YMMV. Steve |
Testing a CO detector
On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:40:04 -0500, "Steve Barker LT"
wrote: Ya, take it in the garage (with the doors open) and start your push mower. It should go off pretty quick. Those small engines really put it out.. steve I forget what brand I have -- I can check -- but when I called them with a question I asked about putting it near the furnace to check if it was working and the woman on the phone said not to, that it would overload and ruin the sensor, I think. wrote in message roups.com... They have a convenient spray that allows you to test the sensor elements of a smoke detector http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_yl...+detector&did= (most alarms have no way to test the sensors when you press the test button) Is there a similar aerosol or method of thoroughly testing a CO detector? I couldn't find anything from a web search Thanks |
Testing a CO detector
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"Moe Jones" wrote: wrote: They have a convenient spray that allows you to test the sensor elements of a smoke detector http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_yl...Ft0A;_ylu=X3oD MTBhNjRqazhxBHNlYwNzZWFyY2g-?p=%22smoke+check%22+detector&did= (most alarms have no way to test the sensors when you press the test button) Is there a similar aerosol or method of thoroughly testing a CO detector? I couldn't find anything from a web search Thanks Johnstone Supply sells a aerosol to test detectors. I doubt that a CO detector owner would be a smoker, but would a puff of cigarette smoke blown at a detector set it off? |
Testing a CO detector
"mm" wrote in message ... On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:40:04 -0500, "Steve Barker LT" wrote: Ya, take it in the garage (with the doors open) and start your push mower. It should go off pretty quick. Those small engines really put it out.. steve I forget what brand I have -- I can check -- but when I called them with a question I asked about putting it near the furnace to check if it was working and the woman on the phone said not to, that it would overload and ruin the sensor, I think. What a Bimbo... she must have thought you were going to stick it in the flu. LOL |
Testing a CO detector
Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:12:55 -0400 from mm :
I forget what brand I have -- I can check -- but when I called them with a question I asked about putting it near the furnace to check if it was working and the woman on the phone said not to, that it would overload and ruin the sensor, I think. If that were true, I think you'd have an urgent need to repair the furnace. -- "First prove what you're saying, then whine about it." -- /The People's Court/ Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
Testing a CO detector
You want to buy some INCENSE and light a piece. Put it in your stove's
oven along with your detector. (DON'T turn the oven on - DUH!) A digital meter should definitely reflect a substantial peak after a few minutes. I'm not sure whether a "go-no-go" detector would trip but I suspect it would. If you can't find incense, put a few lite cigaretes in. |
Testing a CO detector
On Oct 30, 4:41 pm, "Cshenk" wrote:
"John Gilmer" wrote in message .. You want to buy some INCENSE and light a piece. Put it in your stove's oven along with your detector. (DON'T turn the oven on - DUH!) A digital meter should definitely reflect a substantial peak after a few minutes. I'm not sure whether a "go-no-go" detector would trip but I suspect it would. If you can't find incense, put a few lite cigaretes in. Grin, find a friend who smokes and have them blow smoke at it. Should go off pretty quick. Then you wont have a oven smell to deal with. What, you don't like your mac-n-cheese to smell like patchouli? nate |
Testing a CO detector
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Testing a CO detector
jJim McLaughlin wrote:
kjpro @ usenet.com wrote: Son of a bitch changed his E mail addy. Again. Had to do a new filter. Pathetic loon. His ISP musta terminated him. LOL!! |
Testing a CO detector
"John Gilmer" wrote in message .. You want to buy some INCENSE and light a piece. Put it in your stove's oven along with your detector. (DON'T turn the oven on - DUH!) A digital meter should definitely reflect a substantial peak after a few minutes. I'm not sure whether a "go-no-go" detector would trip but I suspect it would. If you can't find incense, put a few lite cigaretes in. Grin, find a friend who smokes and have them blow smoke at it. Should go off pretty quick. Then you wont have a oven smell to deal with. |
Testing a CO detector
kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
"mm" wrote in message ... On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:40:04 -0500, "Steve Barker LT" wrote: Ya, take it in the garage (with the doors open) and start your push mower. It should go off pretty quick. Those small engines really put it out.. steve I forget what brand I have -- I can check -- but when I called them with a question I asked about putting it near the furnace to check if it was working and the woman on the phone said not to, that it would overload and ruin the sensor, I think. What a Bimbo... she must have thought you were going to stick it in the flu. LOL Don't underestimate the ingenuity of people. I once watched someone stick a very sensitive CO meter probe into the exhaust pipe of a car to "test it" even after he was told it would destroy it because the CO concentration was probably 1,000 times the design range of the unit. |
Testing a CO detector
I have an entryway right near where I back my car in (no garage). I
just plug in one of the CO detectors in the entryway and run the car for a few minutes. I get a readout very quickly. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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