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I have a new Kidde NightHawke Carbon Monoxide detector. We got it about a month ago and it has worked just fine. I live in Ohio and we are in the midst of a winter storm so we have had 5-7 inches of snow and the temp is around 5 right now. This morning as I was leaving I glanced at the CM detector as I always do and it was rising from 30 to 33 to 36. Now normally it sits at zero. I woke my husband and let him know as I left and called our furnace tech. It never went higher than 36 and eventually went back down to 0. We have gas heat, water tank is gas. Nothing else is gas in the house. We were running an a small electrical heater in the laundry room to keep the pipes from freezing, could that have caused this? What else would cause this?
The reason this concerns me so much is we have a 19 month old.
Answer
That is Dangerous.
I would keep an eye on it. If the detector is near a furnace vent I would check the detector when the furnace first comes on. Sometimes with a cracked heat exchanger it will build up some CO when heating before the blower fan comes on. That will give a rise on the reading at the start and then it goes back down as the air mixes in the house.
If you get more readings on the detector, you definitely need the furnace and water heater checked.
That is Dangerous.
I would keep an eye on it. If the detector is near a furnace vent I would check the detector when the furnace first comes on. Sometimes with a cracked heat exchanger it will build up some CO when heating before the blower fan comes on. That will give a rise on the reading at the start and then it goes back down as the air mixes in the house.
If you get more readings on the detector, you definitely need the furnace and water heater checked.
what causes Carbon monoxide detectors to go off?
flowerlegz
mine is going off reading a number 47
so i unplugged it then reset it
its a kidde copp 3 model
its back to 0 but i just want to know what would set it off? i have a gas fire place
what in the HOUSE CAUSES IT what can be wrong ?? fireplace? furnace? smoking? fridge/ washer/dryer? all above were not on excpet gas fire place and a smoker in the room
Answer
Do not use your gas fire until it has been checked by an engineer,carbon monoxide detectors can detect monoxide very efficiently,it only takes 0.02 of monoxide to kill you ,don`t want to alarm you but please get the fire checked at once
Do not use your gas fire until it has been checked by an engineer,carbon monoxide detectors can detect monoxide very efficiently,it only takes 0.02 of monoxide to kill you ,don`t want to alarm you but please get the fire checked at once
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