2007-09-29 11:51:43 · 7 answers · asked by fredsredhead66 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Carbon Monoxide is by product from any thing that burns a fossil fuel.
Wood, gas, paper, oil. It doesn't matter, all produce c.o.
2007-09-29 13:42:09 · answer #1 · answered by USMC Rando 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Carbon Monoxide is CO not CO2.
CO2 is the gas that escapes when you open a Pepsi or a beer can. It is impossible to get poisoned from Carbon Dioxide, as in CO2, it would take an extreme high concentration (which could only be created in a gas chamber) and approximately 12-14 hours to become deadly.
I have a Carbon Monoxide detector in my garage, it sounds an alarm when exhaust gasses from a gasoline powered engine reach dangerous levels, however, when the fuel oil furnace was malfunctioning and the garage was full of smoke, the detector did not show any elevated levels on its digital display. Therefore there is no need to use a CO detector in a case where an oil furnace is used, since it wouldn't trigger the alarm.
In case of a gas furnace (Propane or Natural Gas) I would always invest in a CO detector, it could be lifesaving.
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2007-09-29 13:01:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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We have a fuel-oil furnace. Do we still need a carbon monoxide detector, or is that just for a gas furnace?
2015-08-19 13:22:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you should have one. Here is a quote from chemistryabout.com. Just because one person's detector didn't alarm durning one event doesn't mean that it won't save your life in the long run.
What is Carbon Monoxide?
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless, invisible gas. Each carbon monoxide molecule is composed of a single carbon atom bonded to a single oxygen atom. Carbon monoxide results from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, such as wood, kerosene, gasoline, charcoal, propane, natural gas, and oil.
2007-09-29 13:31:03 · answer #4 · answered by renpen 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes as a safety factor, any combustible fuel can produce carbon monoxide.
2007-09-29 16:05:28 · answer #5 · answered by petethen2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you need a co detector. For more info check out the furnace page at my source. Click on the carbon monoxide sources page.
2007-09-29 13:38:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
actually fuel oil produces more CO than gas
2007-09-29 16:02:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes you do,its still combustion and it produces Co2.
2007-09-29 11:55:27 · answer #8 · answered by snowman 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
no
2007-09-29 13:45:23 · answer #9 · answered by candyman 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋