How come my oven keeps setting off my carbon monoxide detector after I cleaned it?

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Peace

I recently cleaned my oven with a natural cleaning solution of baking soda, vinegar, and lemon juice. Ever since then, my carbon monoxide detector keeps going off almost each and every time I use the oven. The beeping stops almost as soon as I turn off the oven. Maybe I didn't rinse the oven well enough?

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CO is a byproduct of an incomplete combustion process and quite dangerous to people. It is orderless and colorless and will suffocate a person. I assume that you have a natural gas oven.
Some possible causes are excess combustion air in the ambient during the combustion process or an insufficient fuel supply.
I would contact an appliance repair company. You may even contact the Gas Company and they will fix it, maybe at no charge.

What would you do if heard somebody's Carbon Monoxide detector going off all day?

Lovely

What would you do if you lived in a apartment building and noticed that somebody's Carbon Monoxide Detector was going off all day? Would you be concerned or try to do something about it.I was just wondering because it concerns me a little bit. Am just being too paranoid? Please Be Completely Honest! Thanks

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If it were one of my neighbors, I'd break into their house, after I called 911 and got them on the way. Of course I know my neighbors, and they know me. So they would know I was breaking in to help them, or their pets.

It's possible you might have a neighbor in serious distress. You should at least call 911.

~Garnet
Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years

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