How many of us have a carbon monoxide detector boat and home

Both.
EA staff were giving them away not that long ago.
Our home boiler care company will not sign off annual boiler check unless we have alarms both close to the boiler and also the floor void through which the boiler gas exhausts.
Which Magazine is good source to find half decent alarm and the half dozen to avoid if you value your life.
 
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I have two. One inbuilt from factory in the cabins and a home use one installed in the cockpit. But how do you test them to see they are working?
 
oldgit said:
Both.
EA staff were giving them away not that long ago.
Our home boiler care company will not sign off annual boiler check unless we have alarms both close to the boiler and also the floor void through which the boiler gas exhausts.
Which Magazine is good source to find half decent alarm and the half dozen to avoid if you value your life.
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Fair comment if it's not a room-sealed boiler.
 
I have two on my boat, one in the cabin and one in the cockpit (two different models). Both have digital display and it is interesting to see PPM count even with ventilation, so for the sake of £20 I can't see why anyone would choose not to install at least one. Also have one at home next to the boiler.

I have these models:
Kidde 7DCOC
Fire Angel CO-9D
 
There have been accidental deaths on boats from carbon monoxide.
Running an inappropriately fitted petrol generator and running a petrol engine with the boat at moored being two circumstances that come to mind.
Not only is there a possibility of being gassed by the exhaust your own boat generator or engine but there is a possibility that exhaust fumes from a boat nearby could enter your boat. Less risk from diesel that from petrol. The affects from petrol engine exhaust in the confined space of a boat are reported to be remarkably fast developing . It’s certainly not just a risk from flame used for cooking.
At home if you have any gas appliance a CO alarm is advisable.

Hopefully the CO alarm will never be needed, and the risk is mitigated by good practice , but you can say the same for fire extinguishers and other safety devices .
 
two on the boat and one at home, supplied & fitted when we had the wood burner installed. We also had a smoke alarm fitted when we had a new consumer unit(the electrician said we had to have two, one in the kitchen and one in the hall) the kitchen one is fine but I've removed the one in the hall as it was always going off because we have a Rayburn oil fired cooker, which is why the original one was also removed.
 
Four CO on board, one in each sleeping cabin and one in the saloon. Both Origos would set every single one off! We have gas now.
 
Just out of curiosity, why do people fit them in the cockpit? I've recently junked my gas detector in favour of a CO but only in the cabin.
 
Topcat47 said:
Just out of curiosity, why do people fit them in the cockpit? I've recently junked my gas detector in favour of a CO but only in the cabin.
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There is an effect, called the station wagon effect in the US, when windscreen and sidescreens are fitted/ side windows closed but not the rear screen (or tailgarte window open,) that exhaust fumes are sucked in to the cockpit/ car iinterior
 
PetiteFleur said:
two on the boat and one at home, supplied & fitted when we had the wood burner installed. We also had a smoke alarm fitted when we had a new consumer unit(the electrician said we had to have two, one in the kitchen and one in the hall) the kitchen one is fine but I've removed the one in the hall as it was always going off because we have a Rayburn oil fired cooker, which is why the original one was also removed.
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Ok if you live in a bungalow but you need one on the landing in the house
 
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