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Hi Julian, I assume you mean 20-25 inches. As carbon monoxide distributes freely in the air at room temperature (same density), both alarms should go off eventually, unless one is faulty or has a different trigger level. Please make sure both are still within their operating life. Which models are they?

Harry

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My Carbon Monoxide alarm went off shortly after lighting the fire. We opened all the Windows And took the batteries out . About 15 minutes later, we put the batteries back in and the alarm is no longer sounding. Is everything ok again? Could smouldering ashes in a bucket cause the alarm?

 

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Hi Diane,

smouldering ashes in a bucket would definitely produce a high amount of carbon monoxide (low burning temperature of residual ambers and low oxygen availability). After a restart of the detector (with most alarm models) everything should be ok again. Just make sure you do not leave smouldering ashes in the room in the future.

Harry

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