Do you monitor the quality of the air in your house? What about the temperature at the various parts of your home that you are in and not in? For example, most days of the year the basement in our house is between 4 and 6 degrees cooler than the main level, In the winter it doesn’t matter because, well we are dressed warmly. In the summer I love it because it is cooler. But in the winter time, air quality matters. It also matters if you shut your house up and run the air conditioning in the summer. The quality of the air you are breathing can cause you to have a weakened immune system and get sick. It is also something that can impact those in your house with allergies.
I have the NetATMO weather stations, based on the system; I use their modules in the basement, main level, and bedroom level of the house. That allows me to verify temperatures, plus check air quality. I also have the one on the main level set to monitor CO. Carbon Monoxide is a colorless odor gas that kills. Every year you hear about people dying from CO poisoning. Knowing, and being able to alarm your house based on a rising CO level is critical! If you do not have a CO alarm in your house, please get one. The life you save is your own. CO detectors should be like Smoke detectors, standard in every house, apartment and recreational vehicle.
(we have a CO monitor in the boat).
The technology to monitor the quality of the air and the presence of contaminants is an interesting study. First of all, the sensors now are much smaller than they used to be. That allows you to have one, two, or even three sessions tucked away in various parts of your house. Have a furnace in your house? Get a CO detector, a furnace in some scenarios can release CO. Have a fireplace, fires generate CO at times. Have a stove? Or an Oven? They also can in certain situations produce CO in your house. While it is easy to forget, it is critical for your health. Next time you are at the store, make sure you buy batteries for your smoke detectors and pick up a CO monitor!!!!
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Did you know that CO was odorless and Colorless?
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The danger, I think, is higher in areas with poor circulation and in urban centers. In China, one does not need a detector to know the presence of pollutants ?
yes, I remember the soup that was called air in Shanghai.
I have almost no sense of smell, but I can smell the additive they put in gas and also ozone. Weird, isn’t it?
Now that is truly strange. My sense of smell is very acute, Summertime in an elementary school classroom was difficult.
yeah, I’ve learned to value my lack of that sense. like my insomnia, it is now thought of as an asset, not a flaw…
It can have some utility at times. I remember the arrival of summer and the lack of bathing for some kids.
wow.
I found you just had to move on and ignore it.
or breathe through your mouth
We’re in Florida no central heating or A/C so nothing is going all the time and I bake things in a large toaster oven.
sadly that toaster oven can produce CO. The detectors are the difference between a headache, or worse, and knowing!
Thank you for the information, Doc.
In our country, it is obligatory to have a CO detector
Your country is well ahead of the US and lots of the rest of the world.
I will look for such a detector here in Spain.
Thank you!!!!! People don’t always understand how dangerous CO is.
I agree and we have all of the above to stay safe. The doors stay shut most of the time and the air and heat does not run a lot.
That is good, the detectors are life savers.
Very informative article , Thank you for sharing
you are most welcome.
I do not have any detectors for smoke detection or CO in the house … so far nothing has happened … as far as air quality is concerned, I live in such an area that the air is really high quality
if you get a chance my friend, please buy a smoke detector for your house!!!
I’ll take your advice and go to the store if I have it today
Thank you! I would worry about you if you didn’t have one. 🙂
The woman told me that it would have to be mandatory … that the law required so … when the chimney sweeps the chimney, it requires him only we know him, and then he looks at us through his fingers … I bought it now and this American Kidde 10SCO. smoke detector and carbon monoxide (CO)….once again thank you very much for the warning, dear friend ….. it cost 50 EUR
50 Euro wow. They are way less than that in the US. Sorry about that.
There is no problem … is it big or small? You also have a cheaper quality is just a matter of quality …. that has a 10 year warranty
a 10 year warranty is awesome! quality is always the issue you are right. There are many knock off brands in the US.
Here too, they are as much as you want …. even for 15 eur, only the look is strange, let alone quality
I worry about the reality of EU regulations and the impact on imported goods. I don’t think the path the US is taking is right. I just worry that we are still a separated global economy.
American products are, of course, all checked and approved by the EU … I do not know that there are likely to be some different standards for the EU
You’re right, it is very important to have a CO detector in your home. I have fire alarms, which are serviced every year and also a CO detector.
That is very wise, I am glad you have that!