Battery Operated Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Carbon monoxide is created as a by-product of incomplete combustion. It occurs, if boiler flues are getting blocked, chimneys close up or if gas flames are not correctly adjusted. As Carbon monoxide (also called short CO) cannot be smelled or tasted the increase in CO concentration goes unnoticed. However, even slight increases of CO have serious health implications. You therefore need carbon monoxide detectors to find out if you have CO in your building. If your detector goes off, switch off all fuel burning applicance, open all windows and leave the building. You then need to call your gasboard.

The symptoms of CO poisoning are similar to those of a viral infection, such as headache, nausea, dizziness, sore throat and dry cough.
The seriousness of the poisoning depends from the concentration of CO in the air and the duration of exposure.

At 50ppm (parts per million), an exposure for longer than 30 minutes will start to affect your health.

At 200ppm you will get a slight headache after 2-3 hours.

At 400ppm strong frontal headache, becoming widespread after 3 hours.

At 800ppm Dizziness, nausea, convulsions, insensible after 2 hours.