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Thread: CO Gases from Wood ???
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01-22-2021, 03:19 PM #1
CO Gases from Wood ???
Riddle me this as my head is shaking...
I ran across an article that stated
A MOTHER and her three-year-old son died from carbon monoxide poisoning as they slept after she closed their chimney to keep the youngster warm."
and it went on to say
"Experts found high levels of carbon monoxide in the bedroom and said the chimney damper of a wood stove, installed in there, was closed.
The smouldering embers in the stove produced the poisonous gas, which would have quickly filled the small room."
Has me wondering if wood in the Ukraine has gas in it...and do writers not research a dang thing...
The full article is here
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/137540...warm/#comments
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01-22-2021, 05:50 PM #2
Re: CO Gases from Wood ???
It's certainly tragic that a Mother and child died in such a way.
I'm no expert, but I thought CO gas comes from incomplete or incorrect combustion, and not just from gas fired appliances, if that's what you're implying.
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01-22-2021, 05:52 PM #3
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01-22-2021, 06:51 PM #4
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Seems to be any fuel, including wood, according to experts.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsl...xide_poisoning
Additional PDF is also attached.
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01-22-2021, 07:26 PM #5
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01-23-2021, 01:34 PM #6
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Joe,
Yes. Burning any kind of fuel can release CO if the combustion is incomplete. Wood, natural gas, propane, coal, gasoline, whatever. California requires a CO alarm in homes that have gas-fired appliances, attached garages, and/or fireplaces. If a home is all-electric, no fireplace, and no attached garage, a CO is not required.
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01-23-2021, 01:47 PM #7
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I will say though that CO poisoning from a Zamboni was not my first thought.
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02-07-2021, 08:12 PM #8
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Here in Washington state we require CO detector is all residences regardless of whether there are gas service or attached garages. During power outages people will do strange things such as bring a BBQ into their living room or running a generator in a garage with the door partially closed to prevent theft. Even warming the car up with the front door partially open can bring CO into the home.
As they say an ounce of prevention..........
Rick
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02-08-2021, 10:22 AM #9
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02-08-2021, 07:33 PM #10
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I heard that cleaning an oven can produce CO. I have not verified it though.
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02-08-2021, 08:15 PM #11
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Jack,
That is very interesting. I know that using a self-cleaning oven can be a problem for birds, but never really thought about CO. I looked online and most of what I read had no documentation, I did find these two articles, one from Iowa State U and the other from McGill University in Canada. Unfortunately, neither one provides a link to any original study, but I do rather view these as tentatively reliable sources.
https://www.abe.iastate.edu/extensio...anges-aen-205/
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/he...-cleaning-oven
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02-11-2021, 03:51 PM #12
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Tim Kaiser, Nitty Gritty Inspections, LLC
Home and small commercial inspections for Central Oregon
http://nittygrittyinspections.com/index.html
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02-13-2021, 06:48 AM #13
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02-17-2021, 07:41 PM #14
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