Carbon monoxide alarm

[sanden]

Hi, Does anyone know if smoking would affect a carbon monoxide alarm. A friend of mine has had one for about two or three years and it started bleeping continuously so has had to disconnect it. She smokes and I wonder if this may affect the alarm She has the boiler checked regularly by British Gas.

[rockyracoon]

It may be going off because it is detecting carbon monoxide, has she had it checked since the alarm went off.

[factor-fiction]

She should ask herself why she installed the smoke alarm in the first place. There seems little point in installing one if you are going to turn it off when it starts beeping.
Could it just be the battery that needs changing? My smoke alarm beeps every 15 minutes or so when the battery power gets loo low

[sanden]

It was serviced in March and the alarm went off early April.

[factor-fiction]

Sorry- I meant CO alarm

[sanden]

I will tell her to check the battery, I didnt realise low power would affect it. Thanks for the suggestion.

[alavahalf]

When you say continuously ... what do you really mean ?

My detector bleeps..
1 bleep per minute .. if it's a battery fault
2 bleeps per min...... if it's a detector fault
3 bleeps per min...... if it's the end of the detectors life
5 bleeps per min.......if carbon monoxide is present

You really need to read the instructions relating to your friends detector to see what the problem is. But dont ignore it, and certainly dont turn it off.
Or you may be soon choosing a flower arrangement for her.

[woofgang]

They also don't last indefinitely. I don't mean battery life, I mean the sensor. My last one has just expired and I have a new one, there should be a date on your friend's one somewhere.

[johnk]

She needs to be certain there is no carbon monoxide present before she switches of the alarm.

[HowardKennitby]

No idea about smoking, I imagine it will depend on the sensitivity of the unit and how close the smoker sits.
I recently bought a Kidde brand CO monitor. It states that after 7 years it stops working. This is indicated by bleeping twice quickly every 30 seconds. Low battery is one bleep every 30 seconds.

[Nosha123]

Don't assume all is ok just cos a British gas engineer checked her system. I know someone that nearly died from co poisoning despite a British gas engineer inspecting the system!,, she was hours from death. And for months suffered health problems.

[craft1948]

I smoke and it has never affected my CM alarm.................

[Nosha123]

As annoying as a beeping alarm can be... It's pointless to ignore it and disconnect it!!! It's trying to tell the owner something is wrong!

[sfby]

We test our smoke alarm weekly - usually by burning the toast....

[HowardKennitby]

I have just checked the instructions for my alarm and it states quite clearly that it does not detect smoke or any other gases. I imagine your friend's one will be the same.
If it was me I would get it replaced. £20 is not a lot for 7 years peace of mind.