SouthernBe
it only beeped once..about 10 minutes ago..should i be worried..i went to look at it and it only has one light and the light is red but it looks like it is flickering..the light is always red by the way..we have gas heat but our heat has been off for 2 months..our ac is on..where does carbon monoxide come from??
mine is first alert model fcd2np...the date on the back says nov.15th 2005...i dont think it runs off batteries..and it may not have been the carbon monoxide it could have been the fire alarm..i am waiting to hear another beep so i will know..
Answer
Carbon monoxide comes from an open flame. If you had a gas furnace, generator, or other item that ran on natural gas, propane, diesel, gasoline, etc, it would be putting out carbon monoxide as exhaust.
Your monitor only beeped once in ten minutes, its telling you its time to change the battery, most likely. You should change the CO detector battery whenever you change your smoke alarm battery. I change ours whenever we change daylights savings time... so, once in spring, once in fall.
If you kept the papers that came with the monitor, it should tell you what the different beeps are for. Some units have it on the label on the detector, so you might be able to pull it down and look.
If it was detecting CO it would be a continuous beeping, not once in ten minutes.
Remember to change your detectors (smoke and CO) about every 5 years too, because they do wear out.
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Carbon monoxide comes from an open flame. If you had a gas furnace, generator, or other item that ran on natural gas, propane, diesel, gasoline, etc, it would be putting out carbon monoxide as exhaust.
Your monitor only beeped once in ten minutes, its telling you its time to change the battery, most likely. You should change the CO detector battery whenever you change your smoke alarm battery. I change ours whenever we change daylights savings time... so, once in spring, once in fall.
If you kept the papers that came with the monitor, it should tell you what the different beeps are for. Some units have it on the label on the detector, so you might be able to pull it down and look.
If it was detecting CO it would be a continuous beeping, not once in ten minutes.
Remember to change your detectors (smoke and CO) about every 5 years too, because they do wear out.
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Carbon monoxide problem? ?
Jade
We have been living in our house for about 5 months now, and the fire alarms have never gone off. Just 10minutes ago both of them went off, one and then it stopped and then about 20minutes later the next one upstairs. Me and my mum thought it could be carbon monoxide but we have a carbon monoxide detector which should turn black if there is a presence of it. However, the detector has been here since we moved in abd we don't know if it would still be working... So any suggestions?
Answer
Unless your fire alarms double as smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, then no a fire detector will not detect carbon monoxide. They either detect smoke or heat. You need a carbon monoxide detector that has an alarm on it so it will wake you if there is a problem....one that changes colour will not help you if you are sleeping or busy and not checking it constantly. Sometimes high humidity can set an alarm off. Open the fire detector up..give it a good dusting/new batteries if it is not hard wired in and see if it works normally. If not..replace them. They need replacing every 5-10 years depending upon your detector and how well maintained they have been. A few bucks is well worth it if it may mean saving your lives.
Unless your fire alarms double as smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, then no a fire detector will not detect carbon monoxide. They either detect smoke or heat. You need a carbon monoxide detector that has an alarm on it so it will wake you if there is a problem....one that changes colour will not help you if you are sleeping or busy and not checking it constantly. Sometimes high humidity can set an alarm off. Open the fire detector up..give it a good dusting/new batteries if it is not hard wired in and see if it works normally. If not..replace them. They need replacing every 5-10 years depending upon your detector and how well maintained they have been. A few bucks is well worth it if it may mean saving your lives.
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