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So what is everyone using for carbon monoxide alarm? Have battery powered smoke alarm from wood stove but need to upgrade. Not going to hard wire for 110 volts, battery only.
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I have two Kidde Nighthawk CO alarms. See link below. Each plugs into an outlet and has a battery backup in case the power goes off. One sits about three feet from my pillow, and the other in the room with the stove, about 20 feet from it. We have few power outages so the backup battery lasts a very long time.
In some remodeling work, the electrician was required by code to install two hard-wired combination smoke and CO alarms. I think that's really stupid, because come on, when that alarm wakes me up at night, am I supposed to stagger around bleary-eyed and figure out whether it's fire or CO??? If it's fire, get out quick. If it's CO, open up all the windows and figure out what the problem is, don't just run out into the snow drifts in your bedroom slippers and birthday suit. Thanks for reminding me, I'm going to go to Amazon now and order straight smoke alarms to replace those combinations.
https://www.amazon.com/Nighthawk-Operated-Monoxid ... 0700&psc=1
In some remodeling work, the electrician was required by code to install two hard-wired combination smoke and CO alarms. I think that's really stupid, because come on, when that alarm wakes me up at night, am I supposed to stagger around bleary-eyed and figure out whether it's fire or CO??? If it's fire, get out quick. If it's CO, open up all the windows and figure out what the problem is, don't just run out into the snow drifts in your bedroom slippers and birthday suit. Thanks for reminding me, I'm going to go to Amazon now and order straight smoke alarms to replace those combinations.
https://www.amazon.com/Nighthawk-Operated-Monoxid ... 0700&psc=1
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Not only that, by the time the CO gets all the way up to the detector, you will have been breathing it for a while!
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The combination smoke and CO alarms have unique beeps for smoke or CO. The smoke is the regular slow beep-beep that we are all used to hearing. The CO is a fast beep. It's very distinguishable from the smoke beep. Many of them also talk.rberq wrote: ↑Tue. Oct. 16, 2018 6:28 pmI have two Kidde Nighthawk CO alarms. See link below. Each plugs into an outlet and has a battery backup in case the power goes off. One sits about three feet from my pillow, and the other in the room with the stove, about 20 feet from it. We have few power outages so the backup battery lasts a very long time.
In some remodeling work, the electrician was required by code to install two hard-wired combination smoke and CO alarms. I think that's really stupid, because come on, when that alarm wakes me up at night, am I supposed to stagger around bleary-eyed and figure out whether it's fire or CO??? If it's fire, get out quick. If it's CO, open up all the windows and figure out what the problem is, don't just run out into the snow drifts in your bedroom slippers and birthday suit. Thanks for reminding me, I'm going to go to Amazon now and order straight smoke alarms to replace those combinations.
https://www.amazon.com/Nighthawk-Operated-Monoxid ... 0700&psc=1
And to the original poster of this thread, it's CO, not CO2. CO2 is what we exhale and what makes beer happy.
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My last round of smoke/CO that talked used to go off randomly for no reason. All the sudden they scare the sh!t out of you and say smoke 0ppm CO 0ppm. Then once I reset them, they are fine again for a few months.
If the Nighthawk doesn't do this, I'll replace mine gladly!
If the Nighthawk doesn't do this, I'll replace mine gladly!
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I like these. We have one upstairs and one on the first floor. Battery powered with PPM digital readout. They haven't ever sounded without having a reason to.
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October fire prevention month sales still on at Home Depot etc. Going for Nighthawk with LED ppm screen, will be nice to know if CO is present before needing to evacuate in middle of night.
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I think current alarms will tell you when they have reached the magic age when they are no longer deemed reliable. The manual for my alarm says it is 5 years from installation (when power is applied???), and that the malfunction alarm sequence will beep at that point.
The Nighthawk i had in the workshop gave that end of life error code about a month ago. I installed it in 2010. I have a few in the house that the in service dates are staggered by a couple years and I replace them when they hit 5 years. I move the replaced ones from the house to the workshop to finish out their days.rberq wrote: ↑Fri. Oct. 19, 2018 7:47 pmI think current alarms will tell you when they have reached the magic age when they are no longer deemed reliable. The manual for my alarm says it is 5 years from installation (when power is applied???), and that the malfunction alarm sequence will beep at that point.
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@lightning Great thanks for the suggestion!
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2 nighthawk (Ac plug in/battery backup) digital CO detectors along with hardwired (battery backup) smoke alarms. The first Co detector is on what i call the burning floor with the stove and the other is upstairs.
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These are the double packs on sale at Home Depot for fire prevention month and the ones I got. Set one near stove to see if it will read when re-filling but so far only a chirp and stays on 0.
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Never test a CO sensor by placing in a strong concentration like a open stove or stove pipe...High concentrations of CO will contaminate the delicate sensor and effect it's accuracy forever after.
Likewise holding sensor at the tailpipe of a automobile will render same.
All CO test and alarm devices have a integral "TEST" Button for proof of work ability.
Likewise holding sensor at the tailpipe of a automobile will render same.
All CO test and alarm devices have a integral "TEST" Button for proof of work ability.