Re: ADT CO2 sensors reliable? Where to place?

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Ratchet442 wrote:
> Placement of CO detectors really depend on what you are mainly concerned
> with monitoring. If you are more worried about CO fumes from the fact that
> you start your car in the attached garage to let it warm up, then I'd place
> it near there but not directly in the garage. If your mostly worried about a
> crack in the heat exchanger of your furnace then place it near the closest
> vent to the furnace. If you have a propane fireplace and that is your
> biggiest concern then place it near there but not directly above the unit.
> The thing you have to remember is that a CO dectector is exactly that.
> Carbon Monoxide is created from a fuel that is partially burnt. A fuel that
> burns extremely efficient puts off very little CO. Most furnaces now-a-days
> burn at like 92 and 93 percent efficient, but it is the mishap of something
> going wrong and throwing off the efficiency ie: a couple of your spark plugs
> on your car starting to foul-out which makes it run poorly. It runs poorly
> brcause it is not burning the fuel correctly. Hope this helps!

thanks for the replies guys. i think i will place one outside my
bedroom, one and only one. my primary fear is a bad heat exchanger that
incapacitates you while you sleep.