Carbon Monoxide gas is colourless, tasteless and odourless. It can be found in any building that is fuelled in any way by wood, oil, gas or coal. Boilers, water heaters, oil burning stoves, propane grills, gas fires, solid fuel appliance and thermal or incomplete decomposition of the majority of organic materials are the main carbon monoxide producing culprits in a home or workplace.
Carbon monoxide is produced by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels such as oil, coal, gas and wood. Poor maintenance, bad installation, damage or a break down to an appliance can cause a fatal build up of CO2 without you having any idea.
Carbon Monoxide will enter your lungs and displace oxygen from your bloodstream which can have affects on your heart, brain and other vital organs causing headaches, nausea and possible convulsions and insensibility.
Officially approved, kite marked carbon monoxide alarms are affordable and convenient to use, ATP Instrumentation have an excellent hand held carbon monoxide alarm, retailing at just £35.
The CO-450 Carbon Monoxide Hand-held Alarm has a 6 year warranty and will alert you immediately to excess carbon monoxide levels in the air. It is easy to install, self diagnostic for faults and is suitable for all properties.
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