Carbon monoxide alarms are vital for several reasons. Most fire and safety experts recommend both fire, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms be installed in homes and businesses. This is because when materials in the home begin to burn they exude carbon monoxide. Another less advertised reason is that urban areas throughout the world are plagued with harmful levels of carbon monoxide. Homes close to densely traveled highways can have dangerous levels of carbon monoxide without knowing it. Weather patterns within cities are often too small to pattern but they do produce harmful patterns. When an inversion layer exits the carbon monoxide from vehicles on the highways are not dissipated or blown away. Carbon monoxide is heavier than air and therefore remains near the source of emission. It will enter homes and businesses causing influenza like symptoms such as mild to heavy headaches and nausea.
The Nighthawk carbon monoxide alarm is widely advertised and effective in providing health and safety in the home and in business. Model KN-COB-DP-H Nighthawk carbon monoxide smoke alarm is the perfect home and travel companion for effective carbon monoxide protection. It is AC powered, plugs into the wall outlet and provides continuous protection in your home or in your room when you are on the road. It uses an electrical chemical sensor which has established itself as the "world's most accurate sensor.
The Kidde Nighthawk carbon monoxide alarms are available in plug-in models with 9-volt backup. They come with a digital display which tells you how many parts per million of carbon monoxide are present in your home or room. Others just emit an 85-decibel alarm, which certainly grabs your attention. If you go to http://www.safetyproductsunlimited.com there are links available for both user manuals and data sheets on all of the Kidd Nighthawk carbon monoxide alarms. This is essential because manuals are the hardest thing either to replace in the hardware store or to find on the internet. Carbon monoxide poisoning is not a pleasant experience. My wife and I experienced headaches and were feeling generally flu like one spring day some years back. Fortunately, our carbon monoxide alarm, incidentally a Kidde Nighthawk, went off. We sought shelter elsewhere because this is the safety recommendation when there is no fire in the home or nearby. It is a very scary experience because what you considered as a safe place, your home, has become a death trap. We figured that we must have had over 100 ppm to have the symptoms that afflicted us. I know that carbon monoxide can kill from experience in the military. When I was stationed in West Germany , we were on bivouac during winter, the snow was very deep and some of our men used propane heaters to keep warm. They left it on while they slept, two men died in their sleep and the third survived. The soldier who survived had to stay in hospital for treatment for a very long time.
Fire and safety experts recommend both fire, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms be installed in homes