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Sarah
I'm not sure, but after dinner, I wanted to go to my room downstairs.As soon as I got downstairs, I felt lightheaded (didn't see spots, just felt it), and soon it started getting harder for me to breathe. I asked my mom if we have a detector, and she said yes, then I asked where, and she said "We don't have Carbon Monoxide in the house!" (I think it's upstairs, though.)
Is it possible that we might have it, will the thing upstairs pick it up? I would ask my mom, but she thinks I'm just trying to get attention, so she won't answer my questions.
Sorry if the grammar isn't correct, next time I think my house contains a deadly gas, I'll make sure to spend more time on my grammar skills...thanks for pointing that out!
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None of what you said point to carbon monoxide poisoning. CO doesn't make it harder to breathe, and there's no source from where it could be coming, unless you're burning stuff downstairs in an air-tight room. Just open some windows.
And next time you think your house has a deadly gas, think about your grammar while you open up the windows and then go outside instead of asking people over the internet.
None of what you said point to carbon monoxide poisoning. CO doesn't make it harder to breathe, and there's no source from where it could be coming, unless you're burning stuff downstairs in an air-tight room. Just open some windows.
And next time you think your house has a deadly gas, think about your grammar while you open up the windows and then go outside instead of asking people over the internet.
My carbon monoxide detector just went off. After pressing the TEST button, it's OK now. What should I do?
Q. I have a NightHawk Carbon Monoxide Detector. Right now, it's about 2 in the morning, and about half an hour ago, my alarm went off. On the alarm screen, it clearly read "GAS". Needless to say, I was freaked out. I didn't panic, but I pressed the Test/Silence button to get it to quiet down. I began reading the owners manual, and I reset the alarm. After changing the battery in it and replugging it in, it now reads zero, which is a good thing.
The thing is, I'm still freaked out. It clearly says that if the battery needed to be changed, it would have read "LB" for low batter. But I know that it read GAS. I woke up my mom to warn her, and of course she was reluctant to think anything was wrong. We checked all our appliances and made sure everything was off.
I was actually fixing two pieces of that microwaveable bacon a few minutes earlier. LOL, I don't know if that would have set it off or not, but I just don't know. I do have a gas furnace downstairs that was used this winter. I completely cut off the gas supply from there so it can't even be attempted to be started up now.
I opened up some windows and turned on all the fans. Both my mom and I are feeling fine. I checked all the symptoms and such, and we're both 100%, feeling great.
However, I'm still just worried. I hate to call the fire department to come out and check things out because I would hate to wake up my neighbors at this hour, and considering that everything seems fine now. Surely the alarm would go off a second time if there really was a threat, right?
I should also add that this alarm is probably about 2 years old and this is the first time the battery has been changed.
Any help would be appreciated. My mom is back upstairs and is going to try and get some rest because she has work in the morning. I'm staying up right now, because, well, I'm still quite worried.
Like I said though, the alarm clearly reads ZERO now.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
The thing is, I'm still freaked out. It clearly says that if the battery needed to be changed, it would have read "LB" for low batter. But I know that it read GAS. I woke up my mom to warn her, and of course she was reluctant to think anything was wrong. We checked all our appliances and made sure everything was off.
I was actually fixing two pieces of that microwaveable bacon a few minutes earlier. LOL, I don't know if that would have set it off or not, but I just don't know. I do have a gas furnace downstairs that was used this winter. I completely cut off the gas supply from there so it can't even be attempted to be started up now.
I opened up some windows and turned on all the fans. Both my mom and I are feeling fine. I checked all the symptoms and such, and we're both 100%, feeling great.
However, I'm still just worried. I hate to call the fire department to come out and check things out because I would hate to wake up my neighbors at this hour, and considering that everything seems fine now. Surely the alarm would go off a second time if there really was a threat, right?
I should also add that this alarm is probably about 2 years old and this is the first time the battery has been changed.
Any help would be appreciated. My mom is back upstairs and is going to try and get some rest because she has work in the morning. I'm staying up right now, because, well, I'm still quite worried.
Like I said though, the alarm clearly reads ZERO now.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Answer
i don't think it would be a big deal if you just called the fire dept. and explain what happened.they would probably know over the phone what to do about it , if anything. better safe than sorry.it's not good if you're just going to worry about it endlessly.also,maybe there's a hotline # you can call in your owner's manuel.take care.
i don't think it would be a big deal if you just called the fire dept. and explain what happened.they would probably know over the phone what to do about it , if anything. better safe than sorry.it's not good if you're just going to worry about it endlessly.also,maybe there's a hotline # you can call in your owner's manuel.take care.
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