Baltimore CO Emergency

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what would the readings be opening the trunk of an idling vehicle?<BR>Perhaps we`re all doomed!<BR><BR>Dave

Maine Doug_64

Ruth's Chris Restaurant evacuated

35ppm in the restaurant, >400ppm near the boiler. Over a hundred evacuated, some to local ER's.

Firemen donned masks when they measured 35ppm.

Wonder why home CO detectors wait to 70ppm to warn you. Maybe we now need to carry the pocket CO detector to eat out.

Steamhead (in transit)

As expensive as that place is

they ought to be able to hire competent people to see that these things don't happen.

Any word on what caused it?

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Maine Doug_64

A restaurant spokesperson

declined to comment. Nothing definitive yet for cause at the moment.

Wayne_16

That's why I carried

That's why I did carry a personal co detector during winter months at my last employer. Most of the support and decision to purchase one came from the wall.

You will be surprised at the levels encountered in public places. Walked into a roast beef chain one day at dinner time to use the can. The co alarm was going off while in the bathroom. (27 ppm) Explained what was going on to the manager in charge. Received this indifferent attitude. The sad part is to my knowledge nothing was done to correct the problem. A wholesale house uses a lp powered forklift in the back of the building. The co level at the counter is 25 to 35 ppm.

I have been chided for purchasing a personal detector from my peers. Employer was indiffent unless there as replacement work generated from testing.

I feel too many service techs still have the attitude, if the parrot is not dead the co level is okay.

Thanks for the support from the wallies.

Wayne

ed wallace

CO level

last august the exhaust manifold on my van cracked I was curious as to CO level in the truck put my personal CO meter on the dash with windows up and a/c on got a reading of 70ppm needless to say I drove around with windows down and a/c on in a heat wave as Mark Hunt says if you do not test you do not know thank you Mark for the education

Tekkie

Information

What brand/model was this? I am also interested in getting a proper one for home. I have one that is old and since doing research on them and the fact they only alarm above 70 ppm (irc) and want that has a low level detection. I have done searches but some sites look like the circus is coming to town and I at least get some information here. I don't have many brain cells left (not that I had many to begin with) Thanks!

Maine Doug_64

Buried in the paper today

was a comment that there was a cracked heat exchanger in a boiler next door. Boilers have heat exchangers that crack and emit CO? An Economizer in the stack maybe? Wait, could that be a furnace?

Hmmmm, do you think there is a problem with Baltimore Sun reporters.

Steamhead (in transit)

That's one of many reasons

why I dropped my subscription to the Sunpapers.

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