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oldtrucker63
Feb 22, 2012Explorer
gotsmart wrote:This is just what I was looking for, Thanks Buddy.
From the below link:
"High or low in a room; It makes no difference where you put the detector -- but not because carbon monoxide and air have approximately the same density. Both are gases and as a result, diffusion alone and the entropy effect will take care of mixing them. Any convection currents and/or forced-air turbulence present will also enable the gases to mix and affect the detector."
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem03/chem03364.htm
Basically, the CO detector can go anywhere where it will receive adequate air flow across its sensor.
Both of my detectors are about 12 inches off of the floor on the exterior of the shower wall, across from the bed's pedestal.
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