Here they are mandatory in every home and apartment. Seems kind of dumb to not haven them in homes before 2008.coalkirk wrote:They are mandatory in Maryland for homes built after 2008. Are you saying they are mandatory even in older homes?
Co Detector Question
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How in the world do they inforce that? Does someone actually come and inspect that you have one installed? The 2008 start date here was code for new construction and the building inspectors verified they were installed as a new home was built. While I agree virtually every home should one I don't see how it could ever be inforced. Do they just make it a law and put you on the honor system? So I guess if don't have one, have a CO problem and wake up dead, they will fine you.
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Here in good old nj if you try to sell your house it must have working smoke and co detectors before the sale closes, also must have a fire ex mounted in or near the exit to the kichen. The same applies to apt before re-renting.
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Yeah usually by sale of a house or having a new heating system installed then inspected. Any foster care or DMR type of resident has to be inspected for them. Any government assisted living apartments must be inspected.
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In MA it's illegal to cook food with trans-fats .... of course they're going to mandate smoke detectors!
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took my led CO's in my barn and started my 14 hp kohler cast iron one lunger tractor, went off after 5-6 minutes with a 350ish reading.
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http://www.mass.gov/Eeops/docs/dfs/osfm/cmr/cmr_s ... 527031.pdf
Last page covers inspections...
Last page covers inspections...
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My Kiddie digital battery operated CO dectectors are new to me as of last October (and they have a MFG'd date of March 2011). I have one in the boiler room, and one in each of our two active bedrooms. I've never heard an alarm, and the reading has always been 'zero' on each of the digital displays. I've been occasionally pressing the "Peak Level" button on each of them and also getting zeros, until today when I pressed and HELD the "Peak Level" button on one and I got a reading of 18 after pressing for a few seconds. Then I tried another and got a 13 doing the same thing. Then I pressed and held the one in my boiler room and I got a 29 reading after holding the peak button in for a few seconds. The instructions say that the peak level indicator will read the peak of CO detected since the units last reset. I've never (until today) reset any of my meters. These are therefore my peak readings since last October. Should I be concerned?
Note: If you have a Kiddie battery powered digital unit, and you have been occasionally pressing the "Peak Level" button, and getting zeros every time (as I did routinely), try pressing and holding this button for about 2 or 3 consecutive seconds and see if it reads something other than zero.
PS: I also have two additional "non-digital" combination smoke and CO detectors, one in the hallway to our bedrooms, and one at the top of the stairs coming up from the basement. These have never alarmed either.
Next day update: All three of our digital CO meters are reading zero "Peak level" this morning when the button is held in for at least 3 seconds. The manual states that: "Concentrations of CO between 1 and 30 PPM can often occur in normal, everyday conditions. Concentrations of CO below 30 PPM may be an indication of a transient condition that may appear today and never reappear." It also states that the alarm will never sound for readings below 30. I'll be pressing and HOLDING the peak level buttons a lot more frequently from here on out.
Note: If you have a Kiddie battery powered digital unit, and you have been occasionally pressing the "Peak Level" button, and getting zeros every time (as I did routinely), try pressing and holding this button for about 2 or 3 consecutive seconds and see if it reads something other than zero.
PS: I also have two additional "non-digital" combination smoke and CO detectors, one in the hallway to our bedrooms, and one at the top of the stairs coming up from the basement. These have never alarmed either.
Next day update: All three of our digital CO meters are reading zero "Peak level" this morning when the button is held in for at least 3 seconds. The manual states that: "Concentrations of CO between 1 and 30 PPM can often occur in normal, everyday conditions. Concentrations of CO below 30 PPM may be an indication of a transient condition that may appear today and never reappear." It also states that the alarm will never sound for readings below 30. I'll be pressing and HOLDING the peak level buttons a lot more frequently from here on out.