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Here is the KEY phrase, 'Incomplete combustion of organic materials'. So if you have propane, natural gas, wood, kerosene, small motor in your house you could be getting carbon monoxide. Please don't be stupid get all of your appliances checked if they use any of the fuels I listed(Not a comprehensive list, many other items cause CO to accumulate) Please be safe and fear not the cost of getting it right, nothing will replace you or your loved ones.
Continued from my previous post: That being said if you are getting consistent alarms and have replaced your current alarms and followed all of the 'Good' advice from previous posts(fire dept, electricians, plumbers, ect.) just breath deeply and hope for the best.
Last winter while using my fireplace, the smoke alarm and CM detector would randomly activate for a few seconds. Changed batteries in SA but it continued to randomly sound even if nothing in fireplace. I purchased a new SA and it too randomly activated. I searched the house looking for the cause but can't find anything. Research showed that a SA can randomly be activated by dust particles created by air movement. Finding no source, I disabled the SM. The CM however continued to randomly activate for only a few seconds. Now its summer and the CM is continuing to activate at random. I purchased a new one. It too is randomly activating. I have propane heat but haven't used it in months. Obliviosly no fireplace in this heat. The kitchen stove is propane with an electronic ignition and it used very little anyway. The hot water is electric. The dryer is propane with electronics. Have a garage but the car is in fact shut off. I don’t use a grill in the house. No burning of anything in the house, yet both the old and new CM are randomly activating. Both are battery operated. Neither the wife or I are suffering any of the symptoms of CO poisoning.
I have tried all the Internet ideas to include replacement. I live in the country with no close neighbors. The house is clearly not on fire. There are three potential sources of combustion, kitchen stove, dryer and furnace. All with electronic starters. Would it be possible that the jeep in the garage could be releasing residual CO? The old CO alarm has sounded twice while typing this. Anyone have any ideas of what to do next?
Thanks
This doesn't sound "random" to me.
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