Why is my carbon monoxide detector going off?

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thevoice

A couple of weeks ago my stupid self brought a gas can inside of my kitchen and left it there overnight. My carbon monoxide alarm started to beep (one beep per 10 seconds or so). So I took the gas can outside figuring that that was why the alarm went off. The alarm went off again a couple of more times after that. So things seem to get better...now its been like two weeks since I took the gas can outside and it has gone off again? Same beeping. Could it be the battery needs to get replaced?

Answer
the gas fume have permiater the room and sensor. change the battery, clean the senor the best you can. set some fans out. if the room still smells like gas, move the sensor

Carbon Monoxide alarm went off now what?

Mal

I live in an apartment and I woke up this morning to my carbon monoxide alarm beeping throughout my house. The first thing I did was call the apartment manager thinkinghe would call the fire department. He sent over some guy that walked around the house and replaced the alarm. I opened the windows. The guy that came over saidhe smelt something burning but you cant smell carbon monoxide. The new alarm is not going off. Should I just leave it alone unless the new alarm starts to go off?

Answer
Did the guy test the new alarm after he installed it? Does it have batteries in it? The old detector could have been old and went bad. If you have pets & won't be home all day, I'd call the fire department (on the non-emergency number) & have them check the place out so you don't have dead pets when you come home from work. If you are going to be home all day listen for the alarm going off again, and watch to see if you get a headache or start feeling lightheaded/woozy. Opening up the windows could have just aired out original build-up (if there was carbon monoxide), so be on alert the next day or two.

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