Making carbon monoxide.

Allan

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After reading the report about the death of my friend Big Ray, I started thinking. I've always insisted on fitting carbon monoxide detectors as well as smoke and gas detectors. I've never found a way to test them. For the gas one I use an unlit lighter and for the smoke one I blow out a match. How should i test a carbon monoxide detector?
Allan

http://www.ybw.com/news-from-yachti...carbon-monoxide-leak-cardiff-yacht-club-44331
 
Allan said:
After reading the report about the death of my friend Big Ray, I started thinking. I've always insisted on fitting carbon monoxide detectors as well as smoke and gas detectors. I've never found a way to test them. For the gas one I use an unlit lighter and for the smoke one I blow out a match. How should i test a carbon monoxide detector?
Allan
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However the instructions tell you !

In the case of my Fire Angel CO alarmr it is weekly with the test button and annually with a lighted cigarette or incense stick.
 
Other than using a proper CO detector test kit I think the problem would be generating enough CO to trigger it. Or at least, if the alarm fails to activate knowing whether it's because the alarm is defective or that you did not generate enough CO.

I recently read the MAIB report into the tragic deaths on the motor cruiser Love for Lydia and it describes the thresholds for CO detectors. At increasing levels of CO an alarm must activate within decreasing time periods. But under a certain threshold level the alarm must not activate, I assume the thinking is that too many false alarms causes people to take the batteries out.
 
AndrewL said:
Other than using a proper CO detector test kit I think the problem would be generating enough CO to trigger it. Or at least, if the alarm fails to activate knowing whether it's because the alarm is defective or that you did not generate enough CO.

I recently read the MAIB report into the tragic deaths on the motor cruiser Love for Lydia and it describes the thresholds for CO detectors. At increasing levels of CO an alarm must activate within decreasing time periods. But under a certain threshold level the alarm must not activate, I assume the thinking is that too many false alarms causes people to take the batteries out.
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It operates that way to mimic the effect of CO on the body.
 
Hi,

PaulRainbow said:
Turn your battery charger on to 24v for a while, worked for me when my solar controller forgot the battery voltage :(
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Why should an overcharged battery emit CO ? There's no carbon available... It will , definetely, produce oxyhydrogen (in german it's called, very descriptive, "Knallgas") a mixture that's ignited by the smallest sparks ....

Frank
 
Hi,

learning is always and everywhere ;-)
Thanks for this time! Good to know there can be different causes for the CO alarm to go off...

Frank
 
you can get monoxide test spray in a can from most boiler spares merchants and i would advise anyone getting one to use a half decent one and not b and q cheap ones
we only fit honeywell in our domestic jobs as they are lithium cell and last 10years
but this is personal preference and at £19 not a bad price and they detect monoxide quicker as they have a ventilate alarm before it get high
hope this helps
 
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