2007-01-28 07:30:20 · 3 answers · asked by Linda H 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Carbon monoxide is a by-product of combustion. If you have any sort of fuel burning system in your house, get a CO detector. Such fuels include oil (furnace), propane, natural gas, coal and wood.
If your home is heated electrically, no combustion takes place, so a CO detector would be of absolutely no use to you and a total waste of money.
But, you should always have an operable SMOKE DETECTOR in your home, since fires can start from any number of sources (a forgotten candle or cigarette, an electrical short, a pile of oily rags forgotten after a renovation, etc.)
2007-01-28 07:48:39 · answer #1 · answered by homerispresident 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many things that create carbon monoxide. I know I'd rather be safe than sorry when it calls for a detector. People die every year needlessly because they do not have a detector.
2007-01-29 01:46:23 · answer #2 · answered by Terry Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you burn wood you do.
2007-01-28 15:46:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋