Goobster
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Can you get Carbon Monoxide from oil/oil burner?
Nothing wrong, just curious. Have a Carbon Monoxide detector in my basement and all over my home anyway, but was just wondering.
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GoldenRod
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Re: Can you get Carbon Monoxide from oil/oil burner?
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/co.html
Sources of Carbon Monoxide
Unvented kerosene and gas space heaters; leaking chimneys and furnaces; back-drafting from furnaces, gas water heaters, wood stoves, and fireplaces; gas stoves; generators and other gasoline powered equipment; automobile exhaust from attached garages; and tobacco smoke. Incomplete oxidation during combustion in gas ranges and unvented gas or kerosene heaters may cause high concentrations of CO in indoor air. Worn or poorly adjusted and maintained combustion devices (e.g., boilers, furnaces) can be significant sources, or if the flue is improperly sized, blocked, disconnected, or is leaking. Auto, truck, or bus exhaust from attached garages, nearby roads, or parking areas can also be a source.
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/fire_prevention_and_special_educational_programming/11356/carbon_monoxide_poisoning_prevention_and_alarm_responses/564321
Carbon Monoxide (CO), an odorless, colorless, and tasteless deadly gas can kill you before you are aware of its effects on you. Lower exposure levels can cause health problems and higher levels can be lethal. Carbon monoxide is a by-product of the combustion of fossil fuels. Fuel-fired (non-electric) appliances such as gas and oil furnaces, space heaters, clothes dryers, ranges, ovens, water heaters, charcoal grills, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves all produce CO. Fumes from automobile, lawn-mower and snow blower exhaust contain high levels of CO. Carbon monoxide is usually vented outside your home if appliances function properly and the home is vented correctly. Problems occur when cracks develop in the heat exchanger, furnace or vents and chimneys become blocked.
Basically, any type of combustion can create carbon monoxide.
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