Carbon Monoxide detectors
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Carbon Monoxide detectors
Any one know where I can purchase a battery powered carbon monoxide detector.Seem to remember seeing an ad for one about a year ago price about £40 can,t remember where!! ?.Don,t find the cheap card ones very good!!. Thanks
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I bought a "Nighthawk 900-0089". I think it was from B&Q.
It has an LCD display that shows the actual and max CO ppm count as well as an alarm. That way you can tell if there is even a small leak, something the cards won't show. I'm very pleased with it, except for its size. So it just goes in the a/c somewhere & I look at it say every 1/2 hour for trend checks - or if I am familar with the a/c, for a "max reading" during the post flight review.
It has an LCD display that shows the actual and max CO ppm count as well as an alarm. That way you can tell if there is even a small leak, something the cards won't show. I'm very pleased with it, except for its size. So it just goes in the a/c somewhere & I look at it say every 1/2 hour for trend checks - or if I am familar with the a/c, for a "max reading" during the post flight review.
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There was a thread on this a year or two ago, and a lot of research was done. I don't remember all the details at this distance, but the conclusion was that "domestic" CO detectors are not worth it in an aircraft - by the time they "trigger" and you notice,it's too late.
There was a model recommended by one of the US organisations (Aeromedix IIRC), which I arranged to buy in bulk for a bunch of us. That turned out to be too sensitive: it would go off if someone taxied past and the wind was blowing towards it. As far as I know, none of those units lasted the "lifetime" of two years. The one in our aircraft died after a few months.
There's a more recent recommendation for an aviation one, made in the UK I believe, and available for around £50. Memory says it's Senco but that might be the haze. Anyway, lots more info here:
http://www.avweb.com/news/aeromed/186016-1.html
There was a model recommended by one of the US organisations (Aeromedix IIRC), which I arranged to buy in bulk for a bunch of us. That turned out to be too sensitive: it would go off if someone taxied past and the wind was blowing towards it. As far as I know, none of those units lasted the "lifetime" of two years. The one in our aircraft died after a few months.
There's a more recent recommendation for an aviation one, made in the UK I believe, and available for around £50. Memory says it's Senco but that might be the haze. Anyway, lots more info here:
http://www.avweb.com/news/aeromed/186016-1.html
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I got a thing called CO Guardian from ;
WWW.Aircraftspruce.com
cost @ £100 plugs into the cigarette lighter, has a visible and audible warning.
Read a review in a pilot mag some time ago so far I'm still alive!
WWW.Aircraftspruce.com
cost @ £100 plugs into the cigarette lighter, has a visible and audible warning.
Read a review in a pilot mag some time ago so far I'm still alive!
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Thanks for the replies guys what a lot to read on the subject especially Keef,s reply !!.What a great resource Pprune can be on sensible subjects.All I,ve got to decide is which one to buy now!!.
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Another one, which I have had for about a year, is the BW Gasalert, details at
http://www.gasmonitors.com/main.cfm?...ub1=19&sub2=11
The battery in it lasts a very long time, so you leave it on and forget about it. It is very good - often detecting CO left on the runway from the previous aircraft that landed before me.
http://www.gasmonitors.com/main.cfm?...ub1=19&sub2=11
The battery in it lasts a very long time, so you leave it on and forget about it. It is very good - often detecting CO left on the runway from the previous aircraft that landed before me.
