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Beware of charging batteries

Beware of charging batteries!

 

What you need to know about carbon monoxide alarms
Many carbon monoxide alarms and sensors encounter cross-interfering gases  that cause “false positives” or false alarms.  The presence of hydrogen can generate false alarms for many carbon monoxide alarms or false/positive measurement readings on some combustion analyzer test instruments. This is important for consumers, emergency responders and the heating technician and others to know. The devices alarming or displaying CO are sold as carbon monoxide testing devices and the purchaser is assuming that’s why it is alarming or detecting; but they can be cross sensitive to hydrogen and other common gases like nitrogen.

Several times a year,  emergency responders and others will respond to a CO alarm that is not coming from a source that can possibly produce CO.

One common example of mistaken diagnosis suggests that carbon monoxide can come from a charging car battery or a charging electric golf cart or fork lift. (If you see a news story like this, please know that it is wrong.) This is a hydrogen cross sensitivity issue. In this charging process, there often is an out-gassing of hydrogen and the uninformed technician or consumer is unaware of this phenomenon and then the “chase for the ghosts” of CO begins. This can be frustrating and has proven to be costly.

One remedy for this of course is to utilize CO testing devices with maximized technologies  that reduce the cross sensitivity of these common gases to the sensor. It is very difficult to filter out all cross sensitive atmospheres but they can be significantly reduced to avoid many nuisance alarm situations. Consult with the manufacturer of the device before purchasing.

Please be advised  that some CO alarm systems are designed to protect people when CO concentrations are under 30 PPM and more in line with fire department self protection and civilian evacuation levels. All carbon monoxide alarms are designed to save lives from deadly concentrations. Some are quite a bit more effective than others in protecting your overall health. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety .

 

http://cosafety.blogspot.com/2012/06/carbon-monoxide-news-june-30-2012.html

 






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