Turning off carbon monoxide detector.
Is there a way to disconnect or turn off the carbon monoxide detector without cutting the power to the entire unit?
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Maybe so, but constant false alarms also erode the effectiveness of the device.
Maybe it's a physics issue but I've never had a false alarm from my smoke detector. I've had accidental alarms from cooking but that's it.
My four year old COLP detector went into a constant state of false alarm just this last month. There were no fires to generate CO and the propane was also off.
That's when the detector got the wire cutters.
That said I do believe it saved me once when a class A parked next to me while sleeping overnight at a rest area with both their engine and generator exhaust pumping into my windows.
Maybe it's a physics issue but I've never had a false alarm from my smoke detector. I've had accidental alarms from cooking but that's it.
My four year old COLP detector went into a constant state of false alarm just this last month. There were no fires to generate CO and the propane was also off.
That's when the detector got the wire cutters.
That said I do believe it saved me once when a class A parked next to me while sleeping overnight at a rest area with both their engine and generator exhaust pumping into my windows.
