Re: Does Carbon Monoxide rise or fall?

[Chip C <chipc_0517@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 11, 9:38=A0pm, G. Morgan <no...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tony Hwang wrote:
> >letter...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> I was just reading a sad news story about a couple who died in a
> >> camper from carbon monoxide, yet their small dog who was also in the
> >> trailer, survived. =A0
> >> Here's the article:
> >>http://www.wapt.com/cnn-news/18639776/detail.html
>
> >> I'd suspect the dog would most likely have been on the floor. =A0Does
> >> carbon Monoxide rise to the ceiling? =A0I used to think it filled the
> >> whole room evenly, but now I wonder if this is not true.
>
> >> Anyone know?
>
> >> Thanks
>
> >> LM
> >Hi,
> >Look at combo smoke detector/CO detectors, well do you mount iyt on the
> >floor? I guess NOT. Install it with smoke detector.
> >My 2 storey house has combo smoke detector(ionization and photo)/CO
> >detector on every floor starting in the basement.
>
> Don't just blindly put the CO detectors next to smoke detectors. =A0It is
> important to follow the manufacturer's suggested mounting height which is=
 not
> the same as smokes.

I have a combination CO-plus-flammable-gas (not smoke) detector. Its
instructions were to mount high in rooms where natural gas is being
used, low if propane is being used (which should be news to nobody in
this group). It says that CO mixes uniformly in air and that CO
detection is equal no matter the mounting height.

Chip C
Toronto