moving to a new house with an old back boiler so looking for 4 carbon monoxide detectors and this seems to be the best price for a reputable brand
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sJohnson23
29 Mar 1717#5
Don't recommend these. The alarm kept going off and the noise made me feel nauseous and dizzy.
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3guesses
29 Mar 17#1
That seems a fairly decent price. Any idea if they come with batteries?
mrew42 to 3guesses
29 Mar 17#3
Yep - says so in the specs below the item
lovernotfighter to 3guesses
29 Mar 17#19
Yes they come with batteries
zalmoxis12 to 3guesses
30 Mar 17#41
Yes. The batteries are included.
jesteroo
29 Mar 171#2
According to the 'Questions & Answers' on the Argos page they do come with batteries HTH?
mandy.miller to jesteroo
30 Mar 17#24
zizzles to jesteroo
30 Mar 17#30
I don't understand the question.
monitor1
29 Mar 171#4
Get it for £18 .Ebay Argos and pick up today.Use code at front page of Ebay.
ianowen to monitor1
30 Mar 171#23
Nice idea but £30 minimum spend
sJohnson23
29 Mar 1717#5
Don't recommend these. The alarm kept going off and the noise made me feel nauseous and dizzy.
winningchip to sJohnson23
29 Mar 171#6
Must work well then!
3guesses to sJohnson23
30 Mar 171#21
Hmmm... sounds like carbon monoxide poisoning to me...
sayitasitis to sJohnson23
30 Mar 17#39
Perhaps you need to get your appliances checked. I have used these for years and now bought replacements.
CampGareth
29 Mar 17#7
Any point getting these if you've got no gas systems in your home? All-electric flat dweller here that was eyeing a nest smoke + carbon monoxide smart detector but if it's just being a smoke alarm I could just get newer/well designed smoke alarms and that'd do.
jjBlinky to CampGareth
29 Mar 172#9
It is possible to die from carbon monoxide poisoning from a neighbour's property: See this article
liamf12 to CampGareth
29 Mar 171#14
If you have no gas, coal, wood burning or similar appliances that burn fuel then you don't require a CO alarm. Don't forget that gas cookers can give out CO so if you have a hob or oven that's gas, you should have one.
camaj to CampGareth
30 Mar 17#32
There's still a case, perhaps. The issue with CO is that you won't know it's in the air because you can't smell or see it. If you decide to light a barbecue indoors you could kill yourself because of the CO released. There are warnings on the bag usually and it's unlikely that you'd ever do it but people do stupid things all the time, so perhaps a CO monitor will save you from yourselves.
liamf12
29 Mar 17#8
Think I paid £14 for a Pifco one with digital readout. Sat it in cupboard with my boiler and was still reading 0ppm.
Started car up and placed it next to exhaust and it slowly did start to rise but the neighbours were looking at me like some kind of idiot. I'm still nervous as to whether it's working properly or not. I would have thought the alarm and levels should react far quicker in a minute or so, maybe I should just buy these in case.
umirza85
29 Mar 17#10
Are these supposed to be placed at ground level? Ili bought one of those combo fire alarm/monoxide ones and it says to place it on the ceiling.
Coming from abroad we all have monoxide detectors at ground level as that's where it's likely to build up as it's heavier than the air.
jjBlinky to umirza85
29 Mar 171#12
The instructions say no higher than one meter from the floor. Can also be left on a table.
gasmas75
29 Mar 17#11
Carbon monoxide slightly lighter than air so the normal place is on the wall higher than doors and windows.
LPG gas is heavier than air so an LPG alarm would be at floor level.
umirza85
29 Mar 17#13
Thanks!
Disco.Dave
29 Mar 171#15
Smoking
saintagnes
29 Mar 17#16
Atomic weight CO = 28
Atomic weight N2 = 28
Dinitrogen is over 70% of air, so CO is pretty much the same weight and won't sink or rise. I would be inclined to put the monitor near the device that potentially could be a CO emitter = dodgy boiler or anything that can burn a fuel incompletely like a wood burning stove or coal fire with an inadequate supply of oxygen like a blocked chimney.
Needless to say, no BBQs indoors.
MattNorfolk to saintagnes
29 Mar 17#18
You're correct.
Shouldn't be fitted near the floor or above the height of an openable window. An alarm should be fitted within 1-3m from appliance. IIRC, should be no less than 150mm from the ceiling too.
But always follow manufactures instructions first.
jasee to saintagnes
30 Mar 17#22
However, it doesn't work that way because O2 has an approximate weight of 32, therefore by your reasoning this should sink so we should be struggling to breathe at normal height in a room and would have to crawl around to breath!
ScrambledEgg
29 Mar 17#17
Heat.
3guesses
30 Mar 171#20
Unless you live next door to a volcano.
mandy.miller
30 Mar 171#25
Yes - they have lithium batteries inside them. However, I would never buy these plug-in carbon monoxide units from Kidde, again. Firstly, lithium batteries last 'about' 10 years - but there's no way of knowing how old the unit is before they sell it to you, and the unit is totally sealed so you can't get at the battery. I had mine for only about 4 years before the battery failed - which made it sound the alarm continuously, there was no way of turning it off! Unplugging it didn't work, it just kept beeping. Had to smash the b****y thing to get it to shut up! Awful product.
JohnerPa
30 Mar 17#26
Great price I saw near from me, also good in reviews. Must take it. Thanks.
mrew42
30 Mar 17#27
Must be a different model
These run on 3xAA batteries
3guesses
30 Mar 17#28
Thanks all, useful information. Glad I asked the question now 8-)
zippyantsuk
30 Mar 17#29
Just picked them up and can confirm there are batteries that come with it.
afroylnt
30 Mar 17#31
In which case a lava detector might be more useful..
jefaz
30 Mar 17#33
I would not recommend these alarms. See many many that are faulty. Hence maybe the price.
jefaz
30 Mar 17#34
I would not recommend these alarms. See many many that are faulty. Hence maybe the price.
jefaz
30 Mar 17#35
I would not recommend these alarms. See many many that are faulty. Hence maybe the price.
lovernotfighter to jefaz
30 Mar 17#37
Are you triple sure?
PETER6969
30 Mar 17#36
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BATTERY WHAT IS THEIR EXPIRY DATE ??
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Started car up and placed it next to exhaust and it slowly did start to rise but the neighbours were looking at me like some kind of idiot. I'm still nervous as to whether it's working properly or not. I would have thought the alarm and levels should react far quicker in a minute or so, maybe I should just buy these in case.
Coming from abroad we all have monoxide detectors at ground level as that's where it's likely to build up as it's heavier than the air.
LPG gas is heavier than air so an LPG alarm would be at floor level.
Atomic weight N2 = 28
Dinitrogen is over 70% of air, so CO is pretty much the same weight and won't sink or rise. I would be inclined to put the monitor near the device that potentially could be a CO emitter = dodgy boiler or anything that can burn a fuel incompletely like a wood burning stove or coal fire with an inadequate supply of oxygen like a blocked chimney.
Needless to say, no BBQs indoors.
Shouldn't be fitted near the floor or above the height of an openable window. An alarm should be fitted within 1-3m from appliance. IIRC, should be no less than 150mm from the ceiling too.
But always follow manufactures instructions first.
These run on 3xAA batteries
BATTERY WHAT IS THEIR EXPIRY DATE ??
YES £19.99 DOES SEEM CHEAP BUT IS YOU LIFE WORTH THE SAVING????