A couple of weeks ago my wife bought a smoke detector. Didn't realize it was also a carbon monoxide detector.
Today, that bitch started CHIRPING like crazy. A computerized female voice told us that our CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS ARE HIGH.
We haven't used our heat in a couple of days. We're not burning anything else other than my wife's candle.
So I dunno.
We reset it, left it off for a while, and later I put the batteries back in. Within 5 minutes it begins chirping again.
I don't have any symptoms of CO poisoining(headache, nausea) so I'm thinking it's just bullshit.
But if I go in my sleep, nice knowing ya!
3 comments:
There are 2 types of units, one is a minute by minute level detector and the other is a life time level detector.
One will work likie a fire detector, meaning again and again no matter how many time the high level is broken.
The other, life time exposer level, is more like a one time use. it will hit the high level and will not reset. It would need to be replaced.
Please check with the manufacturer to see what type you have. But seeing as it is a combo unit my guess is you will need to replace it.
I have run into this problem many times in my field, and I hope this helps.
Thanks Pere! I just ordered a measuring one from Amazon, so as long as I don't die in the next 2 days I should be able to see what our MO levels are...
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