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Carbon Monoxide alarms

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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

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?

 

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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