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I'm not aware of a carbon monoxide detector being required in the garage, by code. It's certainly not a national standard, unless very recently. But still, the ones in the house should have gone off. Also, today's houses have no way for air in the garage to enter the house. The only way is for the entry door into the house to be propped open. If we left a vehicle running in our garage, the CO would never make it inside unless we left the door open, in which case we have two CO detectors inside.
I don't believe conventional code building construction is as tight as a space station. The garage is somewhat sealed. I'm sure it's possible for some garage air to find it's way into the house. With CO, it doesn't take much.
I found out how hard it is with our new car. I left it running because I was testing something and needed to get a tool off a bench. I opened the door, got three feet away, and it let loose with an ear-splitting screech that would wake the dead.
I doubt ours will ever be left running unless the fob is in the car when we walk away. Knowing us that's not likely as we keep the fob on a key ring with the other car keys.
I'm not aware of a carbon monoxide detector being required in the garage, by code. It's certainly not a national standard, unless very recently. But still, the ones in the house should have gone off. Also, today's houses have no way for air in the garage to enter the house. The only way is for the entry door into the house to be propped open. If we left a vehicle running in our garage, the CO would never make it inside unless we left the door open, in which case we have two CO detectors inside.
Our new detector specifically said to not place it in the garage due to false warnings.
The keyless ignition in my car sometimes makes it difficult to tell if it's on or off. Even when you press the button to turn off the engine, the radio continues to play and all dash lights remain on until you actually open the door, then they turn off. Several times a month, I have to press the button multiple times to verify whether or not the engine is running, which is why I always keep the garage door open when starting or turning off the car.
Same here, exactly. My vehicle runs so silently it's hard to tell whether it's off or on. But when I open the door, I can tell by the light on the dash that says "Don't forget your key," that it's actually turned off. Also, if it's not turned off and I open the door, there will be a ding-ing sound. But I can't hear the engine. It is that quiet.
My neighbor said hers were going off full blast & she never heard them. Her teenage son was asleep in the basement but the carbon monoxide was settling on the first floor where she & her 8-year-old daughter were sleeping.
She said her son had her by the shoulders, shaking her & yelling "Mom! Wake up!"& she didn't hear the alarms until then (they found a bag of nails blocking the vent pipe on the roof).
I had carbon monoxide poisoning at age 17 from a faulty water heater & it is a very disorienting experience. I tried to roll over but my arms & legs felt like they weighed about 200lbs each. Clear as a bell, I had heard a stern voice saying; "Get up & get out". Have no idea why. I had to crawl on the floor to get to the door, I'm not sure if I would have responded to an alarm either.
Oh my gosh, I can't believe I'm reading this! I had accidental carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty heater when I was in my late twenties, and I was passed out on the floor in the living room and woke up to the most terrible voice (stern, very stern) saying quietly but urgently "GET. UP. GET. UP." Oh, how I didn't want to get up - it felt wonderful just laying there, on the floor! But finally I couldn't resist that voice and I dragged myself up. My head was pounding and the palms of my hands were a bright red, I remember that very clearly. I thought my head was going to explode. I honestly thought I was having an aneurysm or something.
I too had to crawl to the phone to call 9-1-1 and then when they asked my address, I was so disoriented that I couldn't remember it and said "Hold on," very slowly and crawled outside to look at the street sign and the house numbers. I really couldn't see anything wrong with that scenario. Of course, they could trace the call but I think they were trying to determine if I was cognizant - which I clearly wasn't.
My entire family spent the next five days in the hospital having hyperbaric treatments.
I know we are getting off the OP here, but WOW the above two posts brought to my mind my true story, that may save someone just by them reading my act of stupidity....
Back in 2008 my wife and I bought a tri-level home that was in disrepair, that needed a lot of work. So we started in the basement rooms and basically gutted it. It was Winter, and the gas furnace could not keep up enough to warm us. We had the walls opened up, the old insulation removed, and I was constantly opening the back door so that I could haul the debris outside.
So I set my 20 LB. propane tank 'Pie" heater in the basement and ran it for around 5 hours. We had three windows open in the basement about 8 inches. And I was opening up the back door often while going in and out of it while removing debris.
We stopped working at 9:00 pm, showered and went to bed and our bedroom was located upstairs right above where we were working. The next morning I awoke first, but I could not move my legs as they felt strapped down. I thought for a minute that my wife was laying on top of me, I felt so weighted down.
Finally I got enough clarity in my foggy head, to get my legs moving and I stood up. I went to my wife's side of the bed, and she was not awake nor moving and she was breathing really shallow.
So I touched her head, no movement. So I shook her hard, and she finally awakened. She then told me how she felt which was like I felt, and then she asked me, " Did you see the truck that ran over me last night " ???
With me nor my wife being "Spring Chickens" at the time while being in our 60's, we just figured we had worn ourselves out while working like 20 years old's, in the basement for 8 hours.
Then suddenly I remembered the "heater". I quickly went around and opened all the windows and doors in the house immediately.
We did not have to go to the ER, but I feel to this day that if I had slept for another hour, that my wife and I both would be taking our dirt naps. And how that I stupidly thought, that I had plenty of fresh coming in to our home, while we were working with the heater on. The heater is in the pic, that I used that near fatal time 8 years ago now.
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The Pennsylvania man and his dog died after he accidentally left his Toyota Forerunner running in the attached garage. Fortunately, his wife was out of town.
I recently drove one of those new keyless cars, and found it very confusing. How did we get so dumb that we can't figure out how to use a key any more ?
All 4 of our cars are keyless, and all different makes. Never had an issue turning the car off.
Drive into garage/shift into Park/push button to turn car off
Why is that so hard?
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