Mike Lamb Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Click to Enlarge 61.86 KB The foil duct in the front goes to a basement kitchen fan and the jiffy pop vent in back goes to the bathroom exhaust fan. They are T'd in to the water heater vent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 NICE! The least they could have done is increase the volume of the pipe as needed. [:-jester] (Jest kidding, of course... ) No doubt there weren't carbon monoxide detectors in the place or they'd have been reporting now and then, I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Most CO detectors do not annunciate until the concentration hits 50 ppm. 50 ppm is above the limit at which fire rescue personel in some states may enter a dwelling to rescue someone, unless they are equipped with their own breathing apparatus. The problem is the cost. The cost to manufacture a CO detector that can detect a lower ppm is too high to sell successfully on the residential market. That's what I learned several years ago from a presentation by Bacharach. Perhaps the technology has improved since. I mention this in reports on dwellings in which CO detectors are used to provide the primary defense against CO asphyxiation. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 "I mention this in reports on dwellings in which CO detectors are used to provide the primary defense against CO asphyxiation." Such as residential housing? In NY it is law that there be a CO dector on every floor. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted February 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 IL requires CO detectors within 15' of any room used for sleeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert E Lee Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Minnesota law now requires CO Detectors within 10' of all bedrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Hi Robert, It's good to see you back again - long time no read! Nice picture! ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msteger Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 PA doesn't require CO monitors.. heck, builders here are still fighting the fire sprinkler requirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Most CO detectors do not annunciate until the concentration hits 50 ppm. 50 ppm is above the limit at which fire rescue personel in some states may enter a dwelling to rescue someone, unless they are equipped with their own breathing apparatus. The problem is the cost. The cost to manufacture a CO detector that can detect a lower ppm is too high to sell successfully on the residential market. That's what I learned several years ago from a presentation by Bacharach. Perhaps the technology has improved since. I mention this in reports on dwellings in which CO detectors are used to provide the primary defense against CO asphyxiation. Marc The alarms sound in response to a time/concentration function rather than at a specific level of CO. The early alarms sounded at lower time/concentration levels than the newer ones do. This resulted in lots of fire departments responding to lots of CO alarms. By the time they got to the house, the ES personnel couldn't find any CO. It was such a big problem that UL raised the threshold limit on the alarms. That's why we're at where we're at now. If someone wants a CO alarm that reacts to lower levels of CO, check out www.aeromedix.com - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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