given the fact that your typical blathering indicates you understood nothing, I won't try to correct anything you've inaccurately assumed.archangle wrote:Sorry. I'll try to type more slowly this time so you can understand.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning & CPAP
Re: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning & CPAP
Get OSCAR
Accounts to put on the foe list: dataq1, clownbell, gearchange, lynninnj, mper!?, DreamDiver, Geer1, almostadoctor, sleepgeek, ajack, stom, mogy, D.H., They often post misleading, timewasting stuff.
Accounts to put on the foe list: dataq1, clownbell, gearchange, lynninnj, mper!?, DreamDiver, Geer1, almostadoctor, sleepgeek, ajack, stom, mogy, D.H., They often post misleading, timewasting stuff.
Re: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning & CPAP
LOL... You are certainly correct that YOU don't need a CO monitor, unless, of course, you live in one of those condos where the garage is beneath the bedrooms.palerider wrote:*looks at electric heater, electric stove, electric water heater*SewTired wrote:While this is a super old post, it never hurts to repeat that everybody have a CO monitor on each floor
*scratches head*
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Re: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning & CPAP
CO has a molar mass of 28.0, and air has an average molar mass of 28.8. The difference is so slight that CO is found to evenly distribute itself indoors. It is worth mentioning that CO indoors is usually generated from incomplete combustion (heat source) and therefore traveling in a warm air stream. Warm air is more buoyant and does rise. Coupling this fact with the knowledge that CO is lighter than air… I personally have my CO detector located on the ceilings.
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Most CO monitors are meant to be replaces every 5 years, as are fire alarms. Jim
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Re: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning & CPAP
Second opinion ------------------------>jsielke wrote:CO has a molar mass of 28.0, and air has an average molar mass of 28.8. The difference is so slight that CO is found to evenly distribute itself indoors. It is worth mentioning that CO indoors is usually generated from incomplete combustion (heat source) and therefore traveling in a warm air stream. Warm air is more buoyant and does rise. Coupling this fact with the knowledge that CO is lighter than air… I personally have my CO detector located on the ceilings.
The specific gravity of Carbon Monoxide is 0.9657 (with normal air being 1.0), this means that it will float up towards the ceiling because it is lighter than regular air. However, when a build up of dangerous levels of CO gas is taking place, this is nearly always due to a heat source that is not burning its fuel correctly (motor vehicle exhaust fumes are an exception). This heated air can form a layer near your ceiling which can prevent the Carbon Monoxide from reaching a ceiling detector.
For this reason I strongly suggest that it is best to mount your detectors on the walls at least a couple of feet below the height of the ceiling. If your detector has a digital read-out, then I recommend placing it at about eye level so you can easily read it. Or if you have some other structure, like the exposed beam in this photograph insdide my house which is positioned below the ceiling level, then you can attach your carbon monoxide detectors to it instead.
http://www.carbonmonoxidedetectorplacement.com/