Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[DemonGeminiX]

Weather forecasts say it's going to snow here tomorrow.

So much for the snow. Lying bastards.

[RBP]

My furnace is in the garage, I wonder if I need one..?

With duct work running into the house. Why would you not? That's whole family dead stuff.

[Muddy]

Gotcha.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

She's hilarious.

"Interesting article. Thanks. I usually don't read that paper, it's a liberal rag"

"We had CO detectors, [husband] said not to worry. But it turns out they were 8 years old and not functioning"

[Teh One Who Knocks]

My furnace is in the garage, I wonder if I need one..?

[Hal-9000]

My niece had not been feeling well for about 8 days. Turns out the furnace was malfunctioning and she was in near toxic carbon monoxide levels. Not sure if it's accurate but the furnace people measured the CO in the house at 600ppm and she was told 700-800ppm can be fatal. She'll have the blood toxicology report in a couple days.

Check your CO monitors folks. This really cold weather has furnaces working overtime and a malfunction could be deadly.

Thanks RBP. Glad to hear she dodged that bullet!

I've always suspected our furnace as it's original with the house. We have a CO detector down here and two smoke alarms in the house. Kind of a weird story.

The night we set our clocks back in October one of our detectors started chirping every 15 minutes or so...at around 5am. I won't get into the details, but trying to figure out which one left three detectors with batteries ripped out and covers off

Bought new batteries, things were quiet. Then the same thing happened again two weeks ago. One of them started chirping at 5am, turned out it was the smoke alarm upstairs and again...all three detectors got dissembled so I could sleep. No new batteries this time because I had just bought some two months ago. Assembled detectors and the chirping stopped again.

All that to tell you that our CO detector down here has the same tone as a smoke alarm. I thought for a moment - I'm ripping out the batteries and what if it's a CO issue? I just tested it and the detector seems to be working.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I like this little bit of info from the story in the Star Tribune. You would think something like this would be required to be on the packaging or listed plainly somewhere on the website

[RBP]

I a making myself paranoid. Our apartment building has a boiler system with floorboard registers. So does that produce CO?

[Muddy]

Weren't Weird Al's parents killed by monoxide poisoning?

[Hal-9000]

I a making myself paranoid. Our apartment building has a boiler system with floorboard registers. So does that produce CO?

I think any system that uses natural gas can produce it.

I was just reading about the symptoms. Sleepiness and headaches are prime indicators, but I assume your niece could supply more detail unfortunately.

Also, you're fortunate to live a building with other tenants. If it affects someone, you'll hear about it.

[RBP]

Weren't Weird Al's parents killed by monoxide poisoning?

Apr 11, 2004 - FALLBROOK, Calif. — The parents of Grammy-winning recording artist "Weird Al" Yankovic were found dead in their home, apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said.

[Hal-9000]

Signs carbon monoxide is building up:

Stale or stuffy air
Extreme moisture on windows and walls
Yellow flame, not blue, in natural gas appliances
Soot collecting near a gas appliance burner or vent
Pilot light keeps going out


Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning

Headache and dizziness
Fatigue and weakness
Watering and burning eyes
Nausea and vomiting
Loss of muscle control

[Teh One Who Knocks]

We've been in our house just over 5 years now, I suppose I should check and/or replace all the CO monitors in the house.

[deebakes]

scary stuff

[Godfather]

That is scary RBP. So glad your niece is ok.



There was this wild thread on reddit a few years back where a guy thought someone was fucking with him. He found strange post-it notes all over his apartment, and claimed that things were being moved around on him. Most of the replies were arm-chair lawyers/PI's saying "get a security camera" and shit. One person finally chimed in and said... do you have a CO monitor by and chance? The guy replied that he had one in a drawer and should pop the batteries in. When he did, started screeching right away.... Turned out he'd been getting poisoned in his own home and that's what was driving him slowly mad.


You guys should all have CO2 monitors that are plugged into the wall with battery back-ups, and check the expiry dates on the device - they don't last forever.. Obviously even a slow leak can make you very ill.