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Any ideas on how to do a real functional test? I want to show a neighbour
that both of hers are working and have similar sensitivities. I won't want to buy anything. -- DerbyBorn |
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On Friday 01 November 2013 17:07 DerbyBorn wrote in uk.d-i-y:
Any ideas on how to do a real functional test? I want to show a neighbour that both of hers are working and have similar sensitivities. I won't want to buy anything. Cigarettes produce a certain amount of CO - but I'm not sure the particulates in the smoke do CO detectors much good... There may be a can of tester you can buy: Perhaps: http://www.safelincs.co.uk/detectaga...tector-tester/ -- Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/ http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage |
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On 01/11/2013 19:58, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:18:40 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote: On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:07:11 GMT, DerbyBorn wrote: Any ideas on how to do a real functional test? I want to show a neighbour that both of hers are working and have similar sensitivities. I won't want to buy anything. Car exhaust has a significant CO content. Hold a large bin-bag over the exhaust pipe of a car until the bag is full, then deflate it close to the alarm. A repeat of the process should collect a similar concentration of CO if the car engine is warm. But ISTR that some CO alarms have a significant delay built in before they go off. That was certainly the case twenty or so years ago, but modern ones may have an instant response. But I've just remembered that modern cars are fitted with catalytic converters that are supposed to reduce or eliminate the CO content of the exhaust, so find yourself an old car without one, or the exhaust from a petrol mower or strimmer might do. Then buy a new alarm in case the other pollutants have wrecked the sensor. |
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... On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:07:11 GMT, DerbyBorn wrote: Any ideas on how to do a real functional test? I want to show a neighbour that both of hers are working and have similar sensitivities. I won't want to buy anything. Car exhaust has a significant CO content. Hold a large bin-bag over the exhaust pipe of a car until the bag is full, then deflate it close to the alarm. A repeat of the process should collect a similar concentration of CO if the car engine is warm. But ISTR that some CO alarms have a significant delay built in before they go off. That was certainly the case twenty or so years ago, but modern ones may have an instant response. Having just done a search and found this: http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/...O_Detector.pdf which contains the warning: qNever test the detector with car exhaust or intentionally introduce carbon monoxide through other methods. These methods are dangerous and may damage the detector./q I guess it depends on the make, etc. |
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On 01/11/2013 17:07, DerbyBorn wrote:
Any ideas on how to do a real functional test? I want to show a neighbour that both of hers are working and have similar sensitivities. I won't want to buy anything. Without proper test equipment you can't do it. Suggestions to try using vehicle exhaust are frankly bonkers. -- Peter Crosland |
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On Saturday 02 November 2013 13:28 Peter Crosland wrote in uk.d-i-y:
On 01/11/2013 17:07, DerbyBorn wrote: Any ideas on how to do a real functional test? I want to show a neighbour that both of hers are working and have similar sensitivities. I won't want to buy anything. Without proper test equipment you can't do it. Suggestions to try using vehicle exhaust are frankly bonkers. There were 2 posts with links to the proper test gas in cans, mine being one of them... -- Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/ http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage |
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Peter panic quivered:-
Without proper test equipment you can't do it. Suggestions to try using vehicle exhaust are frankly bonkers. How do you know your CO alarm works ? More blind faith? Jim K |
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... Peter panic quivered:- Without proper test equipment you can't do it. Suggestions to try using vehicle exhaust are frankly bonkers. How do you know your CO alarm works ? More blind faith? Jim K I don't have one. Saves worrying about whether it works or not. |
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On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:24:31 -0000, Richard wrote:
"Jim K" wrote in message ... Peter panic quivered:- Without proper test equipment you can't do it. Suggestions to try using vehicle exhaust are frankly bonkers. How do you know your CO alarm works ? More blind faith? Jim K I don't have one. Saves worrying about whether it works or not. Neither do I. My boiler vents outside, why would I need one? -- People who live in glass houses should **** in the basement. |
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2:24 PM Richard
-I don't have one. Saves worrying about whether it works or not. ;-) FFS don't tell Peter.... Jim K |
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On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:28:40 -0000, Gefreiter Krueger wrote:
Neither do I. My boiler vents outside, why would I need one? I don't think there is a leag requirement for gas appliances, only solid fuel ones. Of course there are plenty of cases of people being killed by CO from faulty gas appliances even "room sealed" ones. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 01/11/2013 19:58, Chris Hogg wrote:
But I've just remembered that modern cars are fitted with catalytic converters that are supposed to reduce or eliminate the CO content of the exhaust Only once they have warmed up. You can still kill yourself by letting the car run in a garage. Just not reliably, it might warm up and just leave you with an awful headache. Andy |
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On 02/11/2013 14:40, Jim K wrote:
FFS don't tell Peter.... Peter's parrots are probably the best detector. If they fall off their perches... it's called bioassay. Andy |
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On Monday, November 4, 2013 10:34:17 PM UTC, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 01/11/2013 19:58, Chris Hogg wrote: But I've just remembered that modern cars are fitted with catalytic converters that are supposed to reduce or eliminate the CO content of the exhaust Only once they have warmed up. You can still kill yourself by letting the car run in a garage. Just not reliably, it might warm up and just leave you with an awful headache. Andy But not if it is a diesel. I learnt this, from one of our dealers, who sold industrial equipment, committed suicide. He had a duesel Transit van and new the diesel wouldn't kill him, so he took a petrol generator into the back of the van and started that up. That did the job. |
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On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:25:08 -0000, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:28:40 -0000, Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Neither do I. My boiler vents outside, why would I need one? I don't think there is a leag requirement for gas appliances, only solid fuel ones. Of course there are plenty of cases of people being killed by CO from faulty gas appliances even "room sealed" ones. If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. -- WinError: Unable to exit Windows. Try the door. |
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On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:33 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y:
On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:25:08 -0000, Dave Liquorice wrote: On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:28:40 -0000, Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Neither do I. My boiler vents outside, why would I need one? I don't think there is a leag requirement for gas appliances, only solid fuel ones. Of course there are plenty of cases of people being killed by CO from faulty gas appliances even "room sealed" ones. If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Good luck with that... Can I come to your Darwin Award ceremony? -- Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/ http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage |
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Gefreiter Krueger wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote: there are plenty of cases of people being killed by CO from faulty gas appliances even "room sealed" ones. If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Oh, would you? http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/co.htm "Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, poisonous gas" |
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On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:43:19 -0000, Tim Watts wrote:
On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:33 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:25:08 -0000, Dave Liquorice wrote: On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:28:40 -0000, Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Neither do I. My boiler vents outside, why would I need one? I don't think there is a leag requirement for gas appliances, only solid fuel ones. Of course there are plenty of cases of people being killed by CO from faulty gas appliances even "room sealed" ones. If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Good luck with that... Can I come to your Darwin Award ceremony? What makes you think a leak would be sudden? -- "Have you been hunting bear lately?" "No, the grass tickles." |
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On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:45:20 -0000, Andy Burns wrote:
Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Dave Liquorice wrote: there are plenty of cases of people being killed by CO from faulty gas appliances even "room sealed" ones. If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Oh, would you? http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/co.htm "Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, poisonous gas" Think before you make an arse of yourself. -- "Have you been hunting bear lately?" "No, the grass tickles." |
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On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:51 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y:
On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:43:19 -0000, Tim Watts wrote: On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:33 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Good luck with that... Can I come to your Darwin Award ceremony? What makes you think a leak would be sudden? What makes you think it wouldn't? -- Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/ http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage |
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On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:51 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y:
On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:45:20 -0000, Andy Burns wrote: Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Dave Liquorice wrote: there are plenty of cases of people being killed by CO from faulty gas appliances even "room sealed" ones. If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Oh, would you? http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/co.htm "Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, poisonous gas" Think before you make an arse of yourself. So your special nose can also detect the odour of CO2 and H2O? -- Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/ http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage |
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On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:16:22 -0000, Tim Watts wrote:
On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:51 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:43:19 -0000, Tim Watts wrote: On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:33 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Good luck with that... Can I come to your Darwin Award ceremony? What makes you think a leak would be sudden? What makes you think it wouldn't? Experience. -- What's a diaphragm? A trampoline for dickheads. |
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On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:17:03 -0000, Tim Watts wrote:
On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:51 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:45:20 -0000, Andy Burns wrote: Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Dave Liquorice wrote: there are plenty of cases of people being killed by CO from faulty gas appliances even "room sealed" ones. If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Oh, would you? http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/co.htm "Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, poisonous gas" Think before you make an arse of yourself. So your special nose can also detect the odour of CO2 and H2O? No, try again. -- The remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served us nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. -- Calvin Trillin |
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On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:09:03 -0000, Huge wrote:
On 2013-11-05, Tim Watts wrote: On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:51 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:45:20 -0000, Andy Burns wrote: Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Dave Liquorice wrote: If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Oh, would you? http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/co.htm "Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, poisonous gas" Think before you make an arse of yourself. So your special nose can also detect the odour of CO2 and H2O? Please don't talk him into getting a detector. It would be a win-win all round if he died. He won't. I don't do safety. Poofters do safety. -- Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. |
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On Tuesday 05 November 2013 12:10 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y:
On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:09:03 -0000, Huge wrote: On 2013-11-05, Tim Watts wrote: On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:51 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:45:20 -0000, Andy Burns wrote: Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Dave Liquorice wrote: If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Oh, would you? http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/co.htm "Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, poisonous gas" Think before you make an arse of yourself. So your special nose can also detect the odour of CO2 and H2O? Please don't talk him into getting a detector. It would be a win-win all round if he died. He won't. I don't do safety. Poofters do safety. Good for you. You can die safe in the knowledge that you were not a poofter. -- Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/ http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage |
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On Tuesday 05 November 2013 10:46 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y:
On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:17:03 -0000, Tim Watts wrote: On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:51 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:45:20 -0000, Andy Burns wrote: Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Dave Liquorice wrote: there are plenty of cases of people being killed by CO from faulty gas appliances even "room sealed" ones. If stuff starts leaking into the house I'd notice funny smells before it got bad enough to kill me. Oh, would you? http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/co.htm "Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, poisonous gas" Think before you make an arse of yourself. So your special nose can also detect the odour of CO2 and H2O? No, try again. You're a tosser? Sorry - running out of possibilities... -- Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/ http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage |
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Tim Watts wrote:
On Tuesday 05 November 2013 12:10 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: He won't. I don't do safety. Poofters do safety. Good for you. You can die safe in the knowledge that you were not a poofter. Unlikely. The ex-lootenant's posts seem to have been written by a simple minded AI ritten by a 14 year old script kiddy. As such, the only things that can kill it are hardware failure or a power cut. Talking of which, it must have been installed in a faster computer recently, as it's posting a lot more. -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:12:13 -0000, Tim Watts wrote:
On Tuesday 05 November 2013 12:10 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:09:03 -0000, Huge wrote: On 2013-11-05, Tim Watts wrote: On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:51 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:45:20 -0000, Andy Burns wrote: Think before you make an arse of yourself. So your special nose can also detect the odour of CO2 and H2O? Please don't talk him into getting a detector. It would be a win-win all round if he died. He won't. I don't do safety. Poofters do safety. Good for you. You can die safe in the knowledge that you were not a poofter. I don't worry about remote possibilities, unlike big girls blouses like yourself. -- Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they ****ed me off. |
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On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:12:48 -0000, Tim Watts wrote:
On Tuesday 05 November 2013 10:46 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:17:03 -0000, Tim Watts wrote: On Tuesday 05 November 2013 09:51 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:45:20 -0000, Andy Burns wrote: Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Oh, would you? http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/co.htm "Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, poisonous gas" Think before you make an arse of yourself. So your special nose can also detect the odour of CO2 and H2O? No, try again. You're a tosser? Sorry - running out of possibilities... Gas is flavoured. You can still smell that scent after it's burnt. Go stick your nose near the vent of your boiler. -- I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours -- Stephen Roberts |
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On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:17:28 -0000, John Williamson wrote:
Tim Watts wrote: On Tuesday 05 November 2013 12:10 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: He won't. I don't do safety. Poofters do safety. Good for you. You can die safe in the knowledge that you were not a poofter. Unlikely. The ex-lootenant's posts seem to have been written by a simple minded AI ritten by a 14 year old script kiddy. As such, the only things that can kill it are hardware failure or a power cut. Talking of which, it must have been installed in a faster computer recently, as it's posting a lot more. i5 4670K, 32GB RAM, twin 256GB Crucial M500 SSDs, twin Seagate Barracuda 3TB disks, Radeon HD 7970 graphics, and a ten inch fan that glows red. -- If sex is a pain in the ass, then you're doing it wrong. |
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On 05/11/2013 20:18, Gefreiter Krueger wrote:
Gas is flavoured. You can still smell that scent after it's burnt. Go stick your nose near the vent of your boiler. Go get your boiler fixed then! |
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On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:15:04 -0000, dennis@home wrote:
On 05/11/2013 20:18, Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Gas is flavoured. You can still smell that scent after it's burnt. Go stick your nose near the vent of your boiler. Go get your boiler fixed then! I mean the OUTSIDE vent. Can you not smell burning gas? -- Bikini e pareo, camicia di pizzo e shorts, top e gonna di crochet! |
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On 06/11/2013 10:01, Gefreiter Krueger wrote:
On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:15:04 -0000, dennis@home wrote: On 05/11/2013 20:18, Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Gas is flavoured. You can still smell that scent after it's burnt. Go stick your nose near the vent of your boiler. Go get your boiler fixed then! I mean the OUTSIDE vent. Can you not smell burning gas? If it is burning properly and cleanly then you shouldn't be able to. You can't smell CO which is what makes it so deadly in a confined space. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:29:43 -0000, Martin Brown wrote:
On 06/11/2013 10:01, Gefreiter Krueger wrote: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:15:04 -0000, dennis@home wrote: On 05/11/2013 20:18, Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Gas is flavoured. You can still smell that scent after it's burnt. Go stick your nose near the vent of your boiler. Go get your boiler fixed then! I mean the OUTSIDE vent. Can you not smell burning gas? If it is burning properly and cleanly then you shouldn't be able to. You can't smell CO which is what makes it so deadly in a confined space. If it's producing CO then there will be other gases you can smell. Anyway I can smell a brand new boiler running, my neighbour's for example. I've never encountered a gas appliance I can't smell. Nothing is 100% clean and only makes CO2 and H2O. If it was that good there would be no CO. -- I failed my audition as Romeo through a misunderstanding over a stage direction. In my script it clearly said, "Enter Juliette from the rear." |
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Gefreiter Krueger wrote:
On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:15:04 -0000, dennis@home wrote: On 05/11/2013 20:18, Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Gas is flavoured. You can still smell that scent after it's burnt. Go stick your nose near the vent of your boiler. Go get your boiler fixed then! I mean the OUTSIDE vent. Can you not smell burning gas? A small but statistically significant percentage of people can't smell the stenchant until it gets to a high concentration. And, as has been said, if your boiler is working correctly, then the stenchant is completely decomposed by the heat, so if you can smell it in your boiler exhaust, your boiler is broken. The only time I can smell the exhaust of my propane burning, non-sealed water heater is when the gas bottle is nearly empty, and for about a week, the concentration of the stenchant in the gas is sufficiently high for some of it to survive the heat of the pilot light. It's a very handy arning that I need to buy a new bottle of gas *now*. -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:51:37 -0000, John Williamson wrote:
Gefreiter Krueger wrote: On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:15:04 -0000, dennis@home wrote: On 05/11/2013 20:18, Gefreiter Krueger wrote: Gas is flavoured. You can still smell that scent after it's burnt. Go stick your nose near the vent of your boiler. Go get your boiler fixed then! I mean the OUTSIDE vent. Can you not smell burning gas? A small but statistically significant percentage of people can't smell the stenchant until it gets to a high concentration. Oh poor them.... And, as has been said, if your boiler is working correctly, then the stenchant is completely decomposed by the heat, so if you can smell it in your boiler exhaust, your boiler is broken. As is everyone else's then. And if it's working correctly there will be no CO. The only time I can smell the exhaust of my propane burning, non-sealed water heater is when the gas bottle is nearly empty, and for about a week, the concentration of the stenchant in the gas is sufficiently high for some of it to survive the heat of the pilot light. It's a very handy arning that I need to buy a new bottle of gas *now*. Isn't it easier to have a spare bottle and switch it over? That's what my uncle does with his static caravan. -- My sister-in-law sat on my glasses and broke them. It was my own fault. I should have taken them off. |
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On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 10:46:27 AM UTC, Gefreiter Krueger wrote:
What makes you think a leak would be sudden? What makes you think it wouldn't? Experience. A lack of experience coupled with naive self-delusion. Like why teenagers are all really skilful drivers. |
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On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 8:17:28 PM UTC, John Williamson wrote:
Tim Watts wrote: On Tuesday 05 November 2013 12:10 Gefreiter Krueger wrote in uk.d-i-y: He won't. I don't do safety. Poofters do safety. Oddly, almost the exact opposite of reality. In one of Andy McNab's books, he commented that the SNCOs in the SAS, who'd had much experience of many young people getting damaged in various ways, generally became safety conscious and OCDish about their own kids. Good for you. You can die safe in the knowledge that you were not a poofter. Unlikely. The ex-lootenant's posts seem to have been written by a simple minded AI ritten by a 14 year old script kiddy. As such, the only things that can kill it are hardware failure or a power cut. Gefreiter = Corporal. OT (ex-Falschirmjaeger). |
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On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 10:34:13 AM UTC, Gefreiter Krueger wrote:
If it's producing CO then there will be other gases you can smell. Probably not; there are odours in some cases, not in others,. A CO leak will also deplete the oxygen level in the room. A low level will send you to sleep and kill you over some hours. It also distorts your perception and makes you lethargic. Anyway I can smell a brand new boiler running, my neighbour's for example. I've never encountered a gas appliance I can't smell. Nothing is 100% clean and only makes CO2 and H2O. If it was that good there would be no CO. -- I failed my audition as Romeo through a misunderstanding over a stage direction. In my script it clearly said, "Enter Juliette from the rear." |
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Carbon Monoxide detector
On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:57:23 -0000, Onetap wrote:
On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 10:46:27 AM UTC, Gefreiter Krueger wrote: What makes you think a leak would be sudden? What makes you think it wouldn't? Experience. A lack of experience coupled with naive self-delusion. Like why teenagers are all really skilful drivers. They maybe are. They just take more risks because unlike you they know how to have fun. -- System error 4C: kernel panic |
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