Timeline for Finding and installing a carbon monoxide/natural gas detector
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| Sep 6, 2014 at 21:16 | comment | added | keshlam | For what it's worth, some the combined detectors I've seen offer the option of plugging the whole thing directly into an outlet, or snapping out the power supply, stretching out the cord, and mounting the detector some distance from the outlet. Convenient. | |
| Jul 7, 2014 at 3:43 | comment | added | wallyk | Propane is more dense than air, so propane detectors must be near the floor or lowest point of the living space. Natural gas is lighter than air, so detectors for it should be on the ceiling. | |
| Jul 7, 2014 at 0:57 | history | edited | Hank | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 7, 2014 at 0:56 | comment | added | Hank | @Ecnerwal: You're right about the atomic weight, I don't really know why people say CO is heavier than air but I've definitely heard that. A quick check online seems to indicate that the placement of CO alarms doesn't really matter. | |
| Jul 6, 2014 at 21:55 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | CO (12+16) is not heavier than air - 80% N2 (14+14) and 20% O2 (16+16) - it's "slightly less dense than air" as Wikipedia or high school chemistry will tell you. | |
| Jul 6, 2014 at 19:42 | history | answered | Hank | CC BY-SA 3.0 |