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Carbon Monoxide Alarms. Safety Warning.

I recently suffered from mild carbon monoxide exposure. It caused typical symptoms. There were two separate incidents, so I know the cause in both cases. When the source of the carbon monoxide was removed all symptoms went away.

In the area of carbon monoxide build up there are three separate battery operated carbon monoxide alarms. None sounded a warning. Maybe the level of detection is set higher. Maybe I am ultra-sensitive. Who knows.

I will now not rely on carbon monoxide alarms to give a 100 per cent reliable early warning.

Quote. “The symptoms of exposure to low levels of carbon monoxide can be similar to those of food poisoning and flu.” 

Be warned.

Z.

 

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  • The problem is that if carbon monoxide alarms were made more sensitive, then many false alarms would result and people would learn to to ignore or disable the alarms.

    A relatively high level is harmless if the exposure is only brief, but dangerous if prolonged. No cheap and simple alarm is capable of “understanding” this.

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  • The problem is that if carbon monoxide alarms were made more sensitive, then many false alarms would result and people would learn to to ignore or disable the alarms.

    A relatively high level is harmless if the exposure is only brief, but dangerous if prolonged. No cheap and simple alarm is capable of “understanding” this.

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