Carbon monoxide dangers and winter heating
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From: zeez on 30 Nov 2009 20:28 http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/consumer/article/carbon_monoxide_dangers_arise_during_winter_months/19194/ The winter months are here. As the mercury begins to dip, some families, struggling to pay their heating bills, will turn on the kitchen stove burners and the oven in an effort to take the chill off their home. What these families dont realize is how dangerous this practice can be. A gas oven or range top should never be used for heating. A fire could start and poisonous carbon monoxide (CO) fumes could fill the home. Any fuel-burning heating equipment (fireplaces, furnaces, water heaters, space or portable heaters), generators and chimneys can produce carbon monoxide. Often called a silent killer, CO is an invisible, odorless, colorless gas created when fuels, such as gasoline, wood, coal, natural gas, propane, oil and methane, burn incompletely. CO enters the body through breathing. CO poisoning can be confused with flu symptoms, food poisoning and other illnesses. Some symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness, light headedness or headaches.<more on site>
From: The Real Bev on 9 Dec 2009 00:35
zeez wrote: > http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/consumer/article/carbon_monoxide_dangers_arise_during_winter_months/19194/ > > The winter months are here. As the mercury begins to dip, some > families, struggling to pay their heating bills, will turn on the > kitchen stove burners and the oven in an effort to take the chill off > their home. What these families don�t realize is how dangerous this > practice can be. Sometimes ignorance and stupidity carry their own penalties. Not often enough, though. > A gas oven or range top should never be used for > heating. A fire could start and poisonous carbon monoxide (CO) fumes > could fill the home. Any fuel-burning heating equipment (fireplaces, > furnaces, water heaters, space or portable heaters), generators and > chimneys can produce carbon monoxide. Until I was in 6th grade the only heater in our house was an electric thing that looked like a mini-fireplace in the bathroom. My grandma got up early and turned the gas oven on. We survived. We weren't even sick very often. We also burned our trash in the back yard incinerator. -- Cheers, Bev ========================================================== There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness.' |