ours was flashing and making a really loud beeping sound this afternoon. I told my family to get out of the house...turned out the detector only needed batteries.. Created by nobodyd. entertainment-music-import - polls-surveys-import

Do you have a carbon monoxide detector in your home?

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You were still wise to get out of the house...it could have been the real deal. At least you were safe.

Yes...I have one in my house.

I have the latest one on the market, it's a combination smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector. The beauty of this new device is that when the alarm starts screaming very loudly It also yells in a loud human voice FIRE, FIRE or it will yell CARBON MONOXIDE, CARBON MONOXIDE, GET OUT, GET OUT over and over just in case you are a sound sleeper. I bought several at the Home Depot for less than fifty dollars each and I wouldn't be caught dead without it. People usually die not because of the house fire, but because of the poison gasses before they're awake. I'm so glad I recently discovered them and I hope this helps you as well.

Have both carbon monoxide detector and smoke detectors. Also have ventilated windows in every room and never close the vents. I cannot abide a stuffy atmosphere. Windows are opened every day to allow a through flow of air for about an hour, in the winter, most of the day during the summer. I just wish house windows in the UK had fly screens like they do in the USA. Beulah

~~Birdy~~

Yes, I do, but I never took it out of the package. It's against the city code not to have one so I bought it. My house is old, so it's really drafty. I doubt a Carbon Monoxide leak would do much harm.

cheezy

yes we have a carbon monoxide tester--ours has an intermitant beep when the batteries are low. we also have 4 smoke alarms strategically placed throughout the house

Anonymous

yep, and mine does the same thing. I flip a sh*t every time, and It does it about 4 times a day, and I can't tell you the amount of times I've evacuated my house, for no reason. hah. I need to get it fixed, once I broke down crying because I was so scared. The thought of dying by Carbon Minoxide scares me half to death.