Does anybody know how to test a CO detector using real CO? Where does one get real CO for testing purposes
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Testing a CO Detector
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Shut you garage doors and run you car?Does anybody know how to test a CO detector using real CO? Where does one get real CO for testing purposes
Check the manual for testing procedure that came with the device or manufacture's web site.
I think they are test before you buy them.
I push the test button on the unit but that is my finger and not real CO. The running car in garage trick sounds kind of risky
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At least with a smoke detector, I can create smoke by lighting a match.
.At least with a smoke detector, I can create smoke by lighting a match.
Does anybody know how to test a CO detector using real CO? Where does one get real CO for testing purposes
Shut you garage doors and run you car.
I did this too. Then listened outside and after a few minutes the alarm went off.
Oh, ok. You wait OUTSIDE the garage.
BTW one of my neighbours found her son dead in her garage early on a Sunday morning. They think he got drunk on a Saturday night, drove home and passed out in his car in the garage with the engine still running. I can still hear his mother's horrible screams. Very sad. BE SURE TO PUT 3 CO DETECTORS IN YOUR GARAGE!
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If it's damp, you probably should turn off the breaker before unplugging it (or prying it off with a screwdriver
)I don't know if I should admit this, but one time I let go a nasty one and the CO detector went off.
Does it test methane as well, or does the body release CO too?
Does it test methane as well, or does the body release CO too?
The manual on my new one says guaranteed for 5 years, replace in 7 years. I haven't plugged it in yet because my receptacle is dead.
My old one must be like 12 years old. The green light still on and when I press the button it still beeps and the red light comes on but I would like to try some real CO for a reality test.
That's silly
How will he get his car into the furnace room?
lol, presuming it is the same unit he pried out of the outlet with a screwdriver it can be taken to the car via an extension cord.
Good to know.... I will have to look for the paperwork for mine, I've had it a good number of years now so it's probably due for replacement.
From what I've found trolling around trying to find a way to test the actual detector, pushing the button usually (unless the manual says differently) just tests the alarm part of the detector, not the detector itself. So while your 12-year old one still beeps, it may not actually detect CO anymore.
Thanks for putting this thread up as I haven't thought about my CO detector since I plugged it in other than to push the button when I go to plug something else in that outlet.
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