There's been two separate tragedies that might have been avoided had there been working smoke/carbon monoxide detectors. One here in Mass and one in NH. A woodstove may have been the source. Acushnet, MA Christmas fire: Leo, Annette Lyonnais killed – NBC Boston No mention of possible cause. Four found dead inside NH home, carbon monoxide poisoning suspected Let's not let this happen to any of us.
Such a sad thing to see, especially this time of year. Thanks for the reminder. Its something I stress every fall but it's good to stress it more often....
Another CO poisoning a couple weeks back here in Ct. linked to an improper vent on some sort of propane stove, it didn't kill them but extremely close. No alarms in the house.
Checked mine when I heard about what I posted. That one good and actually installed a second one as well. It is a wakeup call for all of us but every year there always seems to be something. Thanks Mike for the reminder.
We have one in the living room where the stove is. One just outside the 2 bedrooms. And one in our bedroom. I hear mixed reports of height. 2 are close to ceiling. The bedroom one is closer to pillow height.
I've always thought CO was heavier than air but all one needs to do is search the internet to find that both answers are out there equally. Lord knows who to believe. Playing with a CO detector in an enclosed shop/garage with a running vehicle would probably give an idea.
Does anyone have recommendations for good smoke detectors? I am having a bad run of smoke detectors where they start going off for no reason. I have purchased Kidde and First Alert smoke detectors within the last two years and I would replace them all if I could find a good one. How about the CO/smoke combo detectors? Thanks!
I've had one smoke detector start going off " for no reason". I moved it to the garage and put a new one where it used to live. Both have been worry free for 2 years now. All I could guess is the one was more sensitive to smoke. The "bad one" was in the basement with the wood stove so there can be some smoke when loading the stove. I think all my smoke detectors are sealed 10 year power supply smoke detectors. When we moved into our current house I installed one inside every bedroom, 2 in basement, and one at the top of the basement stairs. Several years ago, pre-covid, a 6 pack of smoke detectors was less than $100. The hallway leading to the bedrooms has a smoke/co detector. I also installed a co/combustible gas detector in the basement within 3 feet of the propane furnace and wood furnace. I just replaced the detector last night. It aged out because there is no way to re-calibrate the gas detector. I was home after surgery with just the youngest kid to help take care of me and the farm. I woke up around 3 am to take some pain meds and the alarm started going off. I slowly, went downstairs to investigate....my first attempt at stairs since surgery. Luckily I could see the green LED indicating good air from pretty high up. The alarm was just to inform me it at aged out. Unplugged it, tossed it in the outside trash can, and ordered a replacement from Amazon before I went back to bed. Reminds me I do need to get some new fire extinguishers. Most of mine are 20ish years old. If they still read good pressure and the powder is loose inside I still keep the old one around, just encase. I've had 2 of the little small house ones fail the pressure gauge check recently.
