Finally happened, CO alarm !

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Post by Sunny Boy » Thu. Oct. 01, 2020 1:13 pm

Well after decades of using various coal stoves without leaks or back drafts, my kitchen CO2 alarm started chirping. First I've ever heard it go off without having to press the test button,...

Then I slowly remembered that I had let the range burn out and cleaned it out last week...... :o

Thought maybe the battery was low. Checked it with a volt meter and it's a full 9 volts. :eh:

Put the battery back in and it chirps again,.... :eh:

Then I noticed the date I had written on the back of the first yearly battery change,...... 9 years ago. :roll:

Then I remember hearing that some CO2 detectors warn you when their ten year life span is up. :oops:

Check your detector life span dates folks.

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Post by bambooboy » Thu. Oct. 01, 2020 2:45 pm

They are pretty cheap at Wal-Mart,just paid 16 bucks for a Kidde.

 
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Post by Lightning » Thu. Oct. 01, 2020 4:45 pm

Yep, mine also let me know that they expired.. Kidde Night Hawk with digital readout. I liked them so I replaced with the same.

 
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Post by coalkirk » Fri. Oct. 02, 2020 7:30 am

If any of us had CO2 alarms they would go off every time we exhaled or opened a beer. That's my smartass way of saying it's CO, not CO2.


 
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Post by Lightning » Fri. Oct. 02, 2020 10:09 am

A lot of times I'll write out 'carbon monoxide' just to avoid confusion :D

 
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Post by Hoytman » Sat. Oct. 03, 2020 11:06 am

I use a black Sharpie to write the date an alarm was installed so that I can see from from standing underneath it. Who cares what it looks like just so I can read it. I do the same with furnace filters. Just had to replace an old alarm.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Mon. Oct. 05, 2020 8:43 am

coalkirk wrote:
Fri. Oct. 02, 2020 7:30 am
If any of us had CO2 alarms they would go off every time we exhaled or opened a beer. That's my smartass way of saying it's CO, not CO2.
Your right , CK, my bad. CO it is. Too late to correct the title.

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Post by freetown fred » Mon. Oct. 05, 2020 9:40 am

I use the plug in/ battery ones & write activated date on them like H. Works well for this forgetful old farmer!! :)


 
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Post by P.johnson14 » Sun. Oct. 18, 2020 10:10 am

coalkirk wrote:
Fri. Oct. 02, 2020 7:30 am
If any of us had CO2 alarms they would go off every time we exhaled or opened a beer. That's my smartass way of saying it's CO, not CO2.
Funny, that’s one of the first things I did when I got my CO2 leak detector at work...

It’s kind of fun to see how CO2 levels fluctuate in a large retail setting over the course of a day. (I’ve been working on large CO2 pumpover refrigeration systems at work, hence the detector)

 
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Post by Hounds51 » Wed. Dec. 16, 2020 4:21 pm

Lightning wrote:
Thu. Oct. 01, 2020 4:45 pm
Yep, mine also let me know that they expired.. Kidde Night Hawk with digital readout. I liked them so I replaced with the same.
Yea same here about a year ago. Replaced mine with the night hawk also.
My brother been burning coal/wood for years and never had one, so for his early Christmas present I got him a night hawk. Man oh man did he ever thank me.

 
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Post by WNY » Wed. Dec. 16, 2020 5:07 pm

yes, replaced one of mine last year, it woudln't even let me put new batteries in and kept chirping. I think it was 10 years.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Wed. Dec. 16, 2020 5:09 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:
Mon. Oct. 05, 2020 8:43 am
Your right , CK, my bad. CO it is. Too late to correct the title.

Paul
I fixed it for you.

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