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Casper Members 334 posts Location: Greece Occupation: Investment analyst Age:	#44837 2007-10-27 18:19 GMT
	I think it should go by the bedrooms my wife thinks it should be in the basement by the oil burner.


Paperclip Members 304 posts Location: Iraq Occupation: Business analyst Age:	#44838 2007-10-27 18:22 GMT
	Only if you want it to go off all the time. Near the bedrooms is the right place.

LostIsland Members 345 posts Location: Europe Occupation: Park ranger Age:	#44839 2007-10-27 18:23 GMT
	You should usually have it near where the people are going to be sleeping if you only have one. If you place it next to the furnace and you have a different source of CO such as a car left running in the garage. the detector near the furnace wont help!

GiddyUp Members 359 posts Location: Albania Occupation: Detective Age:	#44840 2007-10-27 18:25 GMT
	as a former fire fighter outside the bedroom doors is the best place to put it. if it is in the basement and it goes off you will not hear it

RunningFree Members 338 posts Location: Jamaica Occupation: Wrangler Age:	#44841 2007-10-27 18:37 GMT
	no, CO is lighter than air, slightly. the bedrooms are a good place.

Xfactor Members 346 posts Location: Bahamas Occupation: Intelligence officer Age:	#44842 2007-10-27 19:12 GMT
	It should go in the bedrooms or in the hallway next to the bedrooms 6 or 7 feet from the floor as CO is lighter than air....at this height you would get a warning beep normally before it filled enough of the air space to become toxic to humans.....i prefer to install one in every bedroom because hvac systems with one central return upstairs or downstairs or in a single level home will pull air from underneath the door allowing the rooms to become toxic before any alarm would go off in a hallway especially with the doors closed

Setsail Members 359 posts Location: Cape Verde Occupation: Marketer Age:	#44843 2007-10-27 23:36 GMT
	I'd be more concerned with putting SMOKE detectors in the apartment, not CO detectors. CO stands for Carbon Monoxide, an oderless, colorless and deadly gas. I can see why you would want to protect against its insideous effects on you and your family. There is just ONE problem, if you are using fuel oil as a means of heating your house, the devise (combustion of fuel oil) does not produce significant amounts of CO to cause accumulations and death. No house is sufficiently tight enough permit a build up of the gas and the burner is SOO efficient at conbustion I would not be worried about it. BUT! Just for grins, PUT the detector against the furnace-maybe INTO the exhaust stream (flue) and see if it will go off. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED. Get smoke detectors.