Be careful with generators
A father and daughter died in a camper in MN due to high Carbon Monoxide levels. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/12/04/carbon-monoxide-deaths
Forum Discussion
noe-place wrote:
I too am suspicious of the gen being the cause based on the report saying it was nearby....
Read the update link (in the thread somewhere). The generator was under the camper overhang (5th wheel), with the exhaust pointed to go under the camper. The exhaust could easily find its way into the camper from underneath, and add that the camper was (from the picture) pretty well "sealed up" on the outside.
I'm a member of my town's vol fire dept, and have responded to a CO alarm call where the generator was outside the house, but under the deck (to keep it partly out of the rain). Even with breezy conditions, the exhaust found its way into the house. Nobody was hurt at the call I went to, but the CO level in the basement of the house set off our portable gas alarms.
Generators are perfectly fine to use, but just keep in mind basic safety precautions.
