Are your carbon monoxide detectors working like they should? Would you even know if they weren’t? We’ll cover everything you need to know abot CO alarms and how you can make sure you and your family are safe from this silent killer. #health #safety #carbonmonoxide
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00:00 Introduction
01:42 Symptoms of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
02:50 How Much Is Too Much?
04:25 What Are The Laws Around CO Detectors?
05:28 I Audit My Own Home: Not Good.
07:21 A Paramedic’s Perspective
08:17 Which CO Detectors Are Worth Getting?
10:31 Where Should You Place Them?
12:18 Smart CO Detectors?
15:21 A FREE Smart CO Detector?
16:39 What About Gas Leaks?
18:17 Best Gas Detector?
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There are some smart devices that do have air quality monitoring that include CO, such as the Amazon AIQ device. I've got a few myself for both Alexa and Home Assistant integration. However, I don't rely on them as smart home devices themselves occasionally have issues (largely due to my constant tinkering in Home Assistant) So, I have "non-smart" both hardwired combo smoke/CO alarms (mounted) as well as stand alone CO alarms in the garage, furnace & water heater (ours are gas).
Note to self: install a CO detector in the car.
A couple other points to mention are:
one major overlooked symptom of CO exposure is breathlessness or the sudden need to catch your breath. Like you said, it displaces oxygen in your blood by binding to your hemoglobin, but that also directly affects how your lungs will function. It will also limit your lungs oxygen absorption.
And second, a severe symptom of CO poisoning (beyond exposure and into seriously dangerous territory) is combativeness. This is as a result of an onset of psychosis in a manner of speaking. The person who is suffering from the poisoning goes into a sudden survival mode and can often think people are trying to harm them, if they’re still conscious at this point. It’s much less common, but very problematic and unfortunately they’re usually beyond saving at this point even if removed and treated properly.
I just sent the link for this video to my three children who own their own homes. All fairly recently bought but not new, and I don't know if they're required in older houses in their areas. (One son lives in a boonie county where practically anything goes.)
Sadly your information for Australia is incorrect: Every state has a chaos and wants all sensitive detectors change for optical smoke detectors. So many lives will be lost, so sad!
You said CO detectors are required in all new builds, do they actually make you put them in an all electric home? It would be useless.
1:55 I know you're a detail-oriented person; therefore, I make this comment: Everything has a temperature. Even something at absolute zero has a temperature. "Running a temperature" should be stated as "running a fever." Having a fever for a human is simply an elevated temperature—any temperature at or above 100.4°F/38°C is defined as a fever.
2:20 That's an image of plaque buildup within a blood vessel restricting blood flow.
Alexa Guard is being replaced with Alexa Emergency Assist and it's a subscription feature
Great topic to share and speak on. The 5in1 KIddie detector is something I'm interested in and will certainly look into. I really appreciate you taking the time to not only look out for the safety of your family, but also for your subscribers and their family as well. Thank you.
Very good video.
I have Wyze cameras, and have never gotten a smoke or co alert. I have the detection turned on, and have had my smoke alarms go off within the past week.
Also, totally love how you’re using lifehackster’s video clips without clear attribution..
How is the best way to test a CO detector to make sure they actually work? When I bought my first set of Kiddie CO detectors they said to put it near the floor. But I have come to learn that that is not correct. That CO mixes with the air and if there is no movement of the air, it floats to the top. So why did Kiddie (and others) say to put it near the floor?
Does CO usually start from the bottom or the top? I am wondering if I should install the alarm near the floor or the ceiling. Lemme know! Thank you.
One of the few benefits to living in an all-electric house. No CO worries.
Thank you so much for this. Found some issues in my home after this and will be upgrading soon! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Great video, Happy New Year from us at Tool-Heaven
Very deadly
I have the Aegislink SC-RF200 smoke + carbon monoxide detectors, and I've been pleased with them. I do wish they had a contact closure so they could be integrated into my security system. I reverse engineered the protocol they speak, and it's possible to build a device that can detect which detector is alarming and report that. Unfortunately, what they don't do is transmit a regular heartbeat message. Because of that, there's no way detect that one or more detectors haven't failed completely. I'm almost of the opinion that there should be a required standard for basic safety devices so they can be integrated into any alarm or monitoring system. But, no, everyone wants to monetize everything and nickel and dime you to death.
I worked with the couple that you featured in your opening that passed away in Colorado. Truely sad event.
I now work as a chief fire officer in a metro area and i can assure you CO is 100% a major challenge for us. A very common call.
I will add… carbon monoxide can be cumlative, a small amount can build up to fatal levels over time. Its affinity for hemoglobin is very high compaired to other gases (7x oxygen or so if i recall)… when it binds to the hemoglobin, it prevents Oxygen from binding. So overtime your blood level goes up even though your at a low % in the environent.
Also, with fire, hydrogen cyanide is another huge risk that is released during combustion. Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Dioxide are called the toxic twins… and when combined potentiate the effect of each other. The results are deadly and often unreconginized for far to long.
Thanks for doing this video. It is really that important.
One of my CO detectors is only a few feet from the first air duct outlet from the gas furnace. If there is a heat exchanger failure that would be the first detector to sound. Proximity to duct outlets is usually not optimum placement but this serves a specific purpose. The furnace is at the opposite end of the house from the sleeping area, and it would be necessary to traverse an area with more CO to reach an exit.
Thanknyou for posting this video. I am a home inspector and see homes without proper CO detectors on a regular basis. I have three hard wired combination smoke/CO detectors at my residence. Two are outside the bedrooms and the other is in the mechanical room where the boiler is located. I also have smoke only detectors inside each bedroom. Lastly, I have the Kidde combination gas leak/CO detector close to where the only propane burning device (gas range) is located. When it comes to smoke, CO, or gas leaks you need to be aware of the hazards and take necessary precautions. This includes periodic testing of alll detectors and replacing them as necessary.
Awsome video Nils! I am always learning new things from your videos but this really hit home for me. Will be doing a CO detection audit in my home ASAP. Happy new year and all the best to you and your family in 2024. Keep up the fantasik content. Cheers!
Lots of homes like my 1960’s built one, don’t have an abundance of electrical outlets. There are 3 in the living room.
2 in each bedroom, 1 in bathroom that is operational when the light is on, 5 in the kitchen but 1 can’t get too, 1 is dedicated , I is under a cabinet for phone adapter. 2 in wash room for washer/dryer and a freezer. So to get those plug in types, would require a redesign and rewiring of my home. I know family is important. Had my natural gas line to the house replaced 2 years ago and upgraded the meter and regulator. I have a battery carbon monoxide detector in the ceiling of my hall to the bedrooms, and one in living room ceiling just outside of the kitchen. They aren’t out of date. Listened to you video 1-2-2024 👍🏻 🇺🇸❣️❣️
So, I have the battery type carbon monoxide & something else that it checks but cannot remember in the ceiling in the hallway between those bedrooms and the entry to the bathroom ( all three door to those rooms open into that haul within 4 feet. Yep a small 2 bedroom brick home. There’s another on a short living room wall that doesn’t have any electrical outlets, but there is a smoke alarm kiddie type that goes off when my wife is cooking something that causes smoke. Neither of us smoke . Watched your video 1-2-2024, and have watched others 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
I think it would've been worth talking briefly about the hazard levels chart found here: https://www.myhomecomfort.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/CO_Levels_Risk_Chart.pdf and noting that the First Alert sensors don't even alarm until 400ppm, there should be a small label on the back which describes this.
Hate these detectors. They go off for no reason at the most inconvenient time. Impossible to locate which one is screaming. No reasonable way to silence them. Got the cheapest ones available because the expensive ones last about 1 year even thouugh they said good for 10 years.
Thank you so much for posting this video. This video will save lives
Dude this is awesome video hope it goes viral.
Bad thing of this video weither it goes viral or not is you truly will never know how many lives this has saved.
Keep up the good work.
Just last month, my CO detector saved the day. It was beeping, and reading "999ppm" which means it was off the scale. After ventilating the room, I realized that it was a water heater flame that was too high. I simply lowered the flame, with the CO detector always monitoring, and now it reads "000." I have two of them in my house. The Kidde model, with the LED display. That's the third time in the last 20 years that CO was detected with that model of detector. Everyone should have one.
The cheesy stock footage killed this video.
Looks like First Alert seen your video's? Prices almost doubled?
Here's a strange fact. Most ghost sightings are from houses that have been tested to have carbon monoxide.
Apple HomePods' alarm detection doesn't require any sort of subscription to work, and also gives you the option to use the HomePod as an intercom to listen in on what's going on when it happens.
Thank you so much for this video. I certainly needed the reminder to go check on mine.
I ended up switching my gas tank water heater for an electric tankless one after a CO scare. Good info here!
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The content is great! But I think you’ve been better off without the stock footage, voice over, overlay to “reveal” the product in your hand, etc. it made the video cheesy overall. Again, great content though!