Carbon Monoxide Can Kill You

Here’s a tip for everyone that is fairly easy to do and it can save your life.

Did you know dust and dirt can fool smoke detectors and sensitive carbon monoxide alarms.

If you buy one of those cans of compressed air at Staples or Costco you can blast each one of the detectors in your house and eliminate any dirt residing on top of those sensors.  And there‘s no need to take them down  off the ceiling, just get up close to them and carefully blow them off with the compressed air.

You will be surprised how much dust is on them.

Of course you should be extra careful with the step ladder and let someone else do it if you are not able to do it yourself.

If the alarm is over ten years old  go out and buy a new one, no amount of cleaning will revive one that is beyond the sensors life.

 Carbon monoxide is known as the silent killer because we cannot sense it at all.

Our bodies do not have any built in protective sensors to even notice this deadly gas is filling a room around us.

That's why the detector is so important.

Where should they be placed?

In the hall near the sleeping rooms. If you have multi-level sleeping areas add one per floor and one in any playroom with a wood or gas burning  fireplace.

Signs and symptoms of Carbon monoxide poisoning are headaches, fealing nauseaus and dizzy, fatigue, lack of energy and generally the symptoms of flu or food poisoning.

Never run generators or cars in the garage, or in your basement. And do not use portable gas heaters in your home or hibatchis with charcoal in the house.

Also remember this weekend as we set the clocks back at 2am on Sunday that new batteries should be installed in all your smoke detectors and CO alarms. 

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