Re: Does Carbon Monoxide rise or fall?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is an old study and a really crappy pdf but;

http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/build96/PDF/b96087.pdf



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**Crash Gordon**







"G. Morgan" <no_em@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Tony Hwang wrote:
>
>>letterman@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.
>>> 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.  Does
>>> carbon Monoxide rise to the ceiling?  I 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.  It is
> important to follow the manufacturer's suggested mounting height which is
> not
> the same as smokes.
>
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