I bought a CO detector about 6 years ago and plugged it in an outlet near the stove. At the time I had a wood stove. I just bought the second pellet stove that replaced the pellet stove that replaced the wood stove. The detector has nothing but a green LED and a Red LED plus an alarm. How the heck do I test this animal? It has never gone off since I've had it. (That's a good thing I think). I got curious about it last week so I took it to the driveway where my Jeep was parked, plugged it into an extension cord and set it near the tailpipe. After about a minute of running the Jeep it went off.
Well, that proves it works I guess but it seemed like to me it should have reacted quicker. I'd rather have no detector at all then think I'm protected and I'm not! How do you test these things? I think I paid about $75.00 bucks for it new. I'd like to determine if it is fit for use. I'd replace it in a minute with a canary if I could figure out how to make the canary chirp when it died and shut up when it was alive!
Seriously, I could use some advice here.
Well, that proves it works I guess but it seemed like to me it should have reacted quicker. I'd rather have no detector at all then think I'm protected and I'm not! How do you test these things? I think I paid about $75.00 bucks for it new. I'd like to determine if it is fit for use. I'd replace it in a minute with a canary if I could figure out how to make the canary chirp when it died and shut up when it was alive!
Seriously, I could use some advice here.
