Lauren
I'm at my friends house and it keeps beeping and everyones asleep so what does that mean us there carbon monoxide?? What would the alarm sound like if it was?
Answer
The answer about carbon monoxide taking hours to kill is wrong, irresponsible, and potentially deadly.
In heavy concentrations, it takes only a few minutes to kill. Try this experiment...hold your breath for say, 10 minutes. When the 10 minutes is up, come back here and tell us how you are feeling.
You didn't make it to 10 did you? You didn't make it to 5. No one can hold their breath that long because we need a constant supply of oxygen(O2).
Worse yet, carbon monoxide (CO) doesn't just not provide O2, it displaces O2. Not only are you not getting that needed oxygen, but the CO is bonding to the red cells in your blood as if it was O2. That means that the blood thinks it has enough O2, but it is getting none. That results in death.
Now, the detector. Is it a very short beep about once a minute or a constant beeping? The short beep means the battery needs to be replaced. The constant beeping means it thinks there is a CO problem.
If constant beeping, either it is a unit malfunction OR you got everyone up and someone figured out the problem OR you are all dead. I hope it is the first choice, that is fairly common. Please report back here.
The answer about carbon monoxide taking hours to kill is wrong, irresponsible, and potentially deadly.
In heavy concentrations, it takes only a few minutes to kill. Try this experiment...hold your breath for say, 10 minutes. When the 10 minutes is up, come back here and tell us how you are feeling.
You didn't make it to 10 did you? You didn't make it to 5. No one can hold their breath that long because we need a constant supply of oxygen(O2).
Worse yet, carbon monoxide (CO) doesn't just not provide O2, it displaces O2. Not only are you not getting that needed oxygen, but the CO is bonding to the red cells in your blood as if it was O2. That means that the blood thinks it has enough O2, but it is getting none. That results in death.
Now, the detector. Is it a very short beep about once a minute or a constant beeping? The short beep means the battery needs to be replaced. The constant beeping means it thinks there is a CO problem.
If constant beeping, either it is a unit malfunction OR you got everyone up and someone figured out the problem OR you are all dead. I hope it is the first choice, that is fairly common. Please report back here.
carbon monoxide?
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??
Answer
Carbon monoxide is a colorless and odorless compound produced by incomplete combustion and lethal at high levels ...
The alarm points on carbon monoxide detectors are not a simple alarm level as in smoke detectors but are a concentration-time function. At lower concentrations (eg 100 parts per million) the detector will not sound an alarm for many tens of minutes. At 400 parts per million (PPM), the alarm will sound within a few minutes. This concentration-time function is intended to mimic the uptake of carbon monoxide in the body while also preventing false alarms due to relatively common sources of carbon monoxide such as cigarette smoke.
That being said ... you need to evacuate your residence ....
CO poisoning symptoms include confusion, headaches, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, etc ....
Sources may be from your water heater, chimney, etc
You need to have your home evaluated by a professional ... or at the very least have the sensor checked ...
CO poisoning symptoms include confusion, headaches, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, etc ....
Carbon monoxide is a colorless and odorless compound produced by incomplete combustion and lethal at high levels ...
The alarm points on carbon monoxide detectors are not a simple alarm level as in smoke detectors but are a concentration-time function. At lower concentrations (eg 100 parts per million) the detector will not sound an alarm for many tens of minutes. At 400 parts per million (PPM), the alarm will sound within a few minutes. This concentration-time function is intended to mimic the uptake of carbon monoxide in the body while also preventing false alarms due to relatively common sources of carbon monoxide such as cigarette smoke.
That being said ... you need to evacuate your residence ....
CO poisoning symptoms include confusion, headaches, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, etc ....
Sources may be from your water heater, chimney, etc
You need to have your home evaluated by a professional ... or at the very least have the sensor checked ...
CO poisoning symptoms include confusion, headaches, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, etc ....
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