Is there a danger of carbon monoxide poisoning if you use something like a calor gas freestanding heater and a bullfinch gas handilight (gas mantle light) in a shed?
TIA
Gerry
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17 years ago
gas heater and light
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How draughty is your shed?
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17 years ago
Not very... I have 'fixed' all of the draughty bits :~)
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17 years ago
Some. Not great
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Then you're on a sticky wicket!
Gas hobs manage OK, but they're required to have least a 4" square opening to allow air in, and kitchens are often bigger than sheds and have the doors open more often.
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|Is there a danger of carbon monoxide poisoning if you use something like |a calor gas freestanding heater and a bullfinch gas handilight (gas |mantle light) in a shed?
If the heater has a **BLUE** flame and if the mantle is OK and a **BLUE* flame underneath no risk at all. If either has a **YELLOW** flame get it serviced.
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Hard to tell with a lamp with a mantle.
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17 years ago
Cold be wrong but I though that burning butane & propane only produced carbon dioxide and water vapour not carbon monoxide as most people use the free standing heaters in rooms with limited ventilation!
Tony
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17 years ago
Ultimately if the oxygen level goes down to a low enough figure, CO will be produced.
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...and immediately if the burner is faulty.
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Nope, any carbon-based fuel /can/ produce CO if burnt with too little O2.
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|The message |from Dave Fawthrop contains these words: | |> If the heater has a **BLUE** flame and if the mantle is OK and a **BLUE* |> flame underneath no risk at all. If either has a **YELLOW** flame get it |> serviced. | |Hard to tell with a lamp with a mantle.
The life of mantles on LPG lights is very short, there is usually a hole through which you can see the flame. When you change the mantle it id a simple matter to look at the colour of the flame.
I speak from experience :-(
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17 years ago
Any recent calor heater will have a sensor to shut itself off if oxygen gets too low.
However a gas light will continue to burn and use up remaining oxygen until it generates CO.
So it's best to have an electronic CO detector/alarm, in case you don't notice the fire has gone out as the oxygen is depleting.
I had a not-too-clued neighbour who put a calor heater in his tiny shower room to warm it up and wondered why it kept going out!
cheers, Pete.