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Home owners may be surprised to learn that they need to replace the carbon monoxide detector they bought just a few years ago.
"Carbon monoxide detectors are only good for about five years," said Michael Goldschmidt, a housing and environmental design specialist. The arrival of cooler weather brings increased risk for carbon monoxide poisoning as people kick on natural gas and propane furnaces. "One of the most common areas where carbon monoxide occurs is the furnace and the flue," Goldschmidt said. Detectors use an electrochemical element to measure the carbon monoxide levels in the aire, he said. "After five years, the carbon monoxide detectors can function improperly," he said. "It could ring when there isn't a high level of carbon monoxide or not ring when carbon monoxide levels are high." Carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms include headaches, tightness in the chest, dizziness, and fatigue, confusion and breathing difficulties. Severe exposure to carbon monoxide can cause brain damage and death, Goldschmidt said. Unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning results in about 2,100 deaths per year, according to researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, who believe more than half of those deaths can be prevented with carbon monoxide detectors. Gas furnaces , as well as gas powered water heaters, stoves and other appliances, generate small amounts of carbon monoxide as a byproduct of combustion. "If they are not working properly, they will produce large amounts of the oderless, colorless gas," he said. "We recommend that you get te furnace checked every year."
Homeowners should install carbon monoxide detectors, which will sound an alarm and call a central station when the carbon monoxide levels are high, on each side of their house. Detectors shoud be placed outside of bedrooms as well.
If a carbon monoxide detector goes off, get out immediately and then call the fire department, "Even the time you take to open a window is enough to be exposed to dangerous levels," he said.
CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS SHOULD BE REPLACED EVERY FIVE YEARS!!
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