April
the oven gives off this burnt smell while on... could it be carbon monoxide? how long after you smell it will it affect you, does it happen right away or does it take hours
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You can't smell carbon monoxide. You burned something in the past and it's coming back to haunt you.
Carbon monoxide in a concentration of 1500ppm will kill you in about 5 minutes. If you have a CO detector, they go off at 100.
However, the effects of CO are cumulative. What it does is replace the oxygen in the hemoglobin. The bond is about 200 times stronger than oxygen's bond, so you can't rid your body of it without medical attention. The doctors stick people in hyperbaric chambers (pressurized with pure oxygen) and leave you in there until your oxygen level comes back up to normal levels.
I wouldn't worry about CO that much with what you're describing, but I would clean out that oven. If it's self-cleaning, that's the best. Also, you should have a CO detector in your home with a digital display. Once it gets to 35ppm, OSHA says that it's too dangerous to work there.
You can't smell carbon monoxide. You burned something in the past and it's coming back to haunt you.
Carbon monoxide in a concentration of 1500ppm will kill you in about 5 minutes. If you have a CO detector, they go off at 100.
However, the effects of CO are cumulative. What it does is replace the oxygen in the hemoglobin. The bond is about 200 times stronger than oxygen's bond, so you can't rid your body of it without medical attention. The doctors stick people in hyperbaric chambers (pressurized with pure oxygen) and leave you in there until your oxygen level comes back up to normal levels.
I wouldn't worry about CO that much with what you're describing, but I would clean out that oven. If it's self-cleaning, that's the best. Also, you should have a CO detector in your home with a digital display. Once it gets to 35ppm, OSHA says that it's too dangerous to work there.
Carbon Monoxide Detector upstairs, i live downstairs?
Donavon
i have a gas heater i put in my room last night. im worried im gonna get carbon monoxide poisoning. we have a detector, but its all the way upstairs, and i live downstairs. if its coming from my heater in my room, wouldnt it effect me before it reached the detector upstairs?
Answer
Carbon monoxide is heavier than air. The detector should be placed near ground level on the lowest occupied floor of the house. It's good to have one per floor, but if you only have one, it should be at the lowest occupied level because that is where the highest concentrations of gas will pool -- and you want the earliest warning possible. It should be near the floor for the same reason. If the heater is in your room, the detector should be in the room or the adjacent hallway. There are combination smoke/CO detectors but smoke detectors need to be near the ceiling and CO detectors need to be near the floor. Combination detectors are most appropriate for staircase landings, etc. in between floors of larger houses.
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Carbon monoxide is heavier than air. The detector should be placed near ground level on the lowest occupied floor of the house. It's good to have one per floor, but if you only have one, it should be at the lowest occupied level because that is where the highest concentrations of gas will pool -- and you want the earliest warning possible. It should be near the floor for the same reason. If the heater is in your room, the detector should be in the room or the adjacent hallway. There are combination smoke/CO detectors but smoke detectors need to be near the ceiling and CO detectors need to be near the floor. Combination detectors are most appropriate for staircase landings, etc. in between floors of larger houses.
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