hillwalker
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i just picked up an Carbon monoxide alarm from b&q,13 quid .
will fit when i'm away the van..
will fit when i'm away the van..
cipro
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http://home.att.net/~cobusters1/ hope this helps on co info
Deleted member 3011
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http://home.att.net/~cobusters1/ hope this helps on co info
Cipro got in just before me with the correct info on CO density.
Need to emphasis that LPG alarms go down near the floor and smoke and CO alarms go up high (but not right up at the junction of the roof and wall because that is a dead spot for air flow)
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In practice the molecular weight of CO is essentially the same as that of nitrogen so it is not strictly true that it will rise up to the ceiling and stay there because diffusion will mix it up. However, because CO is a product of combustion, it and the other exhaust gases will be hot and will rise in the first place so the detector needs to be high.
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Footpad
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Don't Forget The Condensation
This is another serious downside that's often overlooked. Hydro carbon plus oxygen = H2O and CO2. When you burn gas it gives off an enormous amount of water, not really a problem when cooking but leave a heater on all evening and you are going to notice it.
This is another serious downside that's often overlooked. Hydro carbon plus oxygen = H2O and CO2. When you burn gas it gives off an enormous amount of water, not really a problem when cooking but leave a heater on all evening and you are going to notice it.
draaiorgel
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Back in 60s/70s we had an old VW type 2.
We used an lpg gas convector heater all plumbed in with copper pipe,
There were many reminders to have good ventilation, again as someone said earlier it really boils down to common sense and not leaving it on all night.
Then after around 8 years we got a Merc 206d (which we had for 14 years and not a spot of bother) that was originally a Hannomag and I duly fitted a catalytic heater in it again all copper piped, the main problem was it was an absolute pig to light it.
At that time it was reckoned they needed even more ventilation than the normal flamed ones.
With friendly greetings,
Ian and Eileen
We used an lpg gas convector heater all plumbed in with copper pipe,
There were many reminders to have good ventilation, again as someone said earlier it really boils down to common sense and not leaving it on all night.
Then after around 8 years we got a Merc 206d (which we had for 14 years and not a spot of bother) that was originally a Hannomag and I duly fitted a catalytic heater in it again all copper piped, the main problem was it was an absolute pig to light it.
At that time it was reckoned they needed even more ventilation than the normal flamed ones.
With friendly greetings,
Ian and Eileen