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boykster:
To follow up Sharidans post about BBQ's in/near homes or even garages, don't do it. During a power outage in the Seattle area last year, an entire family died from carbon monoxide poisoning because they were cooking on their propane BBQ in the garage. It just so happens that the furnace intake was also in the garage and the carbon monoxide spread to the entire house. The only surviving member of the family was not home at the time.
DON'T DO IT!
shardian:
Oh hell, since we're already on the safety subject I'll throw this out there: If you have an attached garage you should have at least one carbon monoxide detector in your house. If you don't just replace a smoke detector with a combination detector.
Those people would never have died if they had had a CO detector.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on December 12, 2007, 02:33:52 pm ---Oh hell, since we're already on the safety subject I'll throw this out there: If you have an attached garage you should have at least one carbon monoxide detector in your house. If you don't just replace a smoke detector with a combination detector.
Those people would never have died if they had had a CO detector.
--- End quote ---
Carbon monoxide detectors are legally required in Massachusetts. This is a very recent law.
Of course, I am the only person I know who actually has carbon monoxide detectors. I put combo detector in in the fall because the expiration date had passed for all of our smoke detectors. I had no idea until then that they even had expiration dates.
Added suggestion to the previous: check the expiration dates on existing units. They're only rated for 5-6 years.
vader:
Chad,
Is there ANYTHING you don't have or haven't done in your lifetime ? I swear someone could say they have a nuclear furnace in their basement and you would reply " Had one, but it caused too much heat and the radiation made my kids glow so I volunteered time a St. Judes Children's Hospital to coach for their football team.
ChadTower:
You're welcome to come see the detectors if you'd like. :dunno
I don't mind if my kids glow. Makes them easier to spot in a crowd.
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