Downside to lower CO alarm?
Replacing the LP alarm in our truck camper. MTI makes one that will fit that also has a CO alarm. Normally, you want CO alarm higher. This LP alarm is lower and just below head height for the lower (d...
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Kayteg1 wrote:rjstractor wrote:
I have no clue what you mean by CO poisoning is "by absorption". .
It means your body has to absorb certain amount of it to become poison.
Like for example 500 units for 1 minute will not kill you.
300 units for 10 minutes will not kill you, but
100 units for 1hr might kill you.
I know the phenomena from scuba diving, where human body absorbs lot of air under high pressure and you need to do decompression coming up or you blood will "boil".
Years ago I bought car-designated alarm who had 3 or 4 sensors, including exhaust gas sensor.
I actually "tested" it when in ClassA I removed dog house to check working engine and it did sound the alarm.
For some reason they vanish from the market.
Yes, it's a time weighted average, which is why the detectors are calibrated that way. Decompression sickness is completely different than CO poisoning, but the time versus exposure theory still applies.
