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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I have a question. If the OP does not like the question he can lambast me without reprisal.
Here goes
I am no expert but I have owned so many CO detectors the numbers and the brands are long forgotten. Whenever a detector false alarms I get mighty suspicious because it is not doing what it gets paid to do.
One detector alarmed and only shut up when I disconnected the power and "rebooted" it. Then when I held it over an unlit stove burner it failed to alarm. I then took it out to the toad and with a battery stuck it into the running engine exhaust pipe of my toad
It still did not alarm.
I left it connected on the work bench. Around 11:00PM it again alarmed.
I can't help but be suspicious of a safety device that malfunctions. Is my opinion in the minority here? Why?
Here goes
I am no expert but I have owned so many CO detectors the numbers and the brands are long forgotten. Whenever a detector false alarms I get mighty suspicious because it is not doing what it gets paid to do.
One detector alarmed and only shut up when I disconnected the power and "rebooted" it. Then when I held it over an unlit stove burner it failed to alarm. I then took it out to the toad and with a battery stuck it into the running engine exhaust pipe of my toad
It still did not alarm.
I left it connected on the work bench. Around 11:00PM it again alarmed.
I can't help but be suspicious of a safety device that malfunctions. Is my opinion in the minority here? Why?
