If my house is having a carbon monoxide leak will the alarm just beep and stop or is that a sign the bat r bad?

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Mallorie

A week ago our CO alarm went off and I pressed the reset button and it stopped, I forgot to change the batteries, and it went off again a week later. I changed the batteries and it beeped 3 times and stopped. If I really was having a carbon monoxide leak would my alarm just stop beeping?

Answer
The beeping for when batteries are low is different from when you actually have a CO leak. The beeping for low batteries is one beep every couple of minutes. The beeping for a CO leak is continuous. Replace your batteries, anyway. They are cheap and you want to be safe. Change them yearly. Change the CO alarm every 5 years.

How to read my carbon monoxide alarm?

Steve

How can I read my carbon monoxide alarm if it has no digital indicator on it?

Answer
You don't. If it starts beeping, get out and call the fire department.

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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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Carbon Monoxide alarm went off now what?

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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.

Which alarm is out of batteries?

Sam

I'm not sure if my fire alarm or carbon monoxide is out of batteries.

One of them is beeping but there is NO light flashing on either of them, so I'm not sure which one it is.

Answer
Batteries are inexpensive. It would be a good idea to change batteries on both. Normally the fire alarm is the first to be the noisy one; better to be safe & change batteries on all.

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