Interior space heating improvements
We are looking at a couple options for additional space heating appliances. Some criteria: - quiet! - approved for space heating in rv use. - low or no electricity requirement to operate ...
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The CPSA tested "heaters" in a 100 cubic foot hermetically sealed environment with various air exchange ratios cited as examples. Somehow I failed to find the BTU rating of the devices under test. Without ALL the components of the test made available the exercise is of little value.
My own personal test involved the use of a pair of CO detectors, one placed above the heater and to the side (3H and 2aside)
The 2nd device was a recording pulse oximeter with adjustable alarm.
I used an 8,000 BTU Olympian heater set on high in a 30' trailer. One kitchen window was cracked 1/2" a second window was cracked 1/2" in my bedroom.
Neither CO alarm sounded, nor was there any perceptible difference in blood O2 levels in a 2-week period, using the LPG heater versus induction heating. The pulse oximeter at the time was fabulously expensive, so I arbitrarily "extended" my sleep apnea testing from 5-days to 14 days. The HMO wasn't very happy about it but this was done for scholastic purposes. CO2 meters remain beyond my budget. But CO2 only kills when it displaces O2. CO is a different story.
BLOOD has a HUNDRED TIMES the affinity for CO as it does for O2. Play it safe, and play it smart. These days, a alarm recording pulse oximeter costs peanuts and you can do this test yourself. CO alarms are not expensive. But I myself would not rely on just one.
My own personal test involved the use of a pair of CO detectors, one placed above the heater and to the side (3H and 2aside)
The 2nd device was a recording pulse oximeter with adjustable alarm.
I used an 8,000 BTU Olympian heater set on high in a 30' trailer. One kitchen window was cracked 1/2" a second window was cracked 1/2" in my bedroom.
Neither CO alarm sounded, nor was there any perceptible difference in blood O2 levels in a 2-week period, using the LPG heater versus induction heating. The pulse oximeter at the time was fabulously expensive, so I arbitrarily "extended" my sleep apnea testing from 5-days to 14 days. The HMO wasn't very happy about it but this was done for scholastic purposes. CO2 meters remain beyond my budget. But CO2 only kills when it displaces O2. CO is a different story.
BLOOD has a HUNDRED TIMES the affinity for CO as it does for O2. Play it safe, and play it smart. These days, a alarm recording pulse oximeter costs peanuts and you can do this test yourself. CO alarms are not expensive. But I myself would not rely on just one.
