Propane gas alarm

madpup · October 04, 2009, 02:54:39 PM

Hi there,
can i get a Propane gas alarm? seeing that this is going in the spare room and I'm likely
to blow the house up if i don't get one of these, I have a carbon (something) alarm, (spell checker couldn't find the right word) will that work?
thanks for looking,
Mark

madpup · October 04, 2009, 03:00:10 PM

found it "something " was Monoxide lol

and iv found the alarms on ebay,
was searching while writing the post, but still worth putting up
to remind others that you can buy theses.
regards

Mark

Krysia@No98 · October 05, 2009, 12:52:51 PM

yup - good thing to have.

Redhotsal · October 05, 2009, 03:26:25 PM

Just make sure you've got lots of ventilation. There's stuff other than carbon monoxide - including copius amounts of carbon dioxide and a whole plethora of nitrogen type oxides coming out of the torch which might not get picked up by the detector.
Best test for propane leaking (apart from it's hideous smell) is actually to do a leak test. Best to do this with a proprietary leak detector fluid (from B+Q depot) or at a pinch, a solution of soapy water, like fairy liquid in water. Don't use the Fairy on oxygen cylinders though. Paint/spray the fluid onto every section of your kit where there could possibly be a leak - all joints - especially the bit which connects with the propane cylinder. Bubbles will show up where there is any leak. Stop and make sure the leak has been fixed. Don't be tempted to carry on regardless if it's a little leak - propane is heavier than air and will sink to the floor. It can fill a room from the bottom up and by the time you've noticed it you're effectively in a bath or propane.
HTH.

sea-thistle · October 05, 2009, 06:24:29 PM

You can now get strips that have a red dot on them when they turn black it means that you have carbon monoxide leak. I saw them on the DIY tv programme the other day. Of course you wont get alarm bells! But it is cheaper than the battery type as long as you make it a habit to look at the strip.

madpup · October 05, 2009, 06:42:45 PM

Im going to be getting both alarms, better safe than sorry.

Bluebottle · October 05, 2009, 07:58:25 PM

Quote from: sea-thistle on October 05, 2009, 06:24:29 PM
You can now get strips that have a red dot on them when they turn black it means that you have carbon monoxide leak. I saw them on the DIY tv programme the other day. Of course you wont get alarm bells! But it is cheaper than the battery type as long as you make it a habit to look at the strip.

Carbon Monoxide doesn't "Leak" it is a product of gas combustion, it can build up in an enclosed space and exclude the air forcing you to breathe it and die from suffocation, but you would probably notice

sea-thistle · October 05, 2009, 10:02:37 PM

I would hope so!!

Hotglass28 · October 06, 2009, 05:09:14 PM

Carbon monoxide can kill you without you even knowing it as you can pass out, then die. The warning signs are there if you do have a collection of it in the room/house but then again you may not notice it if you don't know about the warning signs.

I think what she was asking for was a gas detector. Not sure if that exists but getting the soap tests done regulary should be fine like Sally said. Plus you can smell gas. But you cant carbon monoxide.

Hotglass28 · October 06, 2009, 05:10:46 PM

Sorry "he"

dinah46 · October 06, 2009, 06:15:58 PM

I have a propane detector as well as a carbon monoxide detector. I keep the propane detector as low down in the garage as poss as that's where the propane will gather. I know the carbon monoxide detector works as it used to go off in the winter while I was defrosting the car if I parked too close to the garage door

Krysia@No98 · October 06, 2009, 07:15:04 PM

Quote from: dinah46 on October 06, 2009, 06:15:58 PM
I have a propane detector as well as a carbon monoxide detector. I keep the propane detector as low down in the garage as poss as that's where the propane will gather. I know the carbon monoxide detector works as it used to go off in the winter while I was defrosting the car if I parked too close to the garage door

You know it works then

dinah46 · October 06, 2009, 08:11:06 PM

Quote from: Krysia on October 06, 2009, 07:15:04 PM
Quote from: dinah46 on October 06, 2009, 06:15:58 PM
I have a propane detector as well as a carbon monoxide detector. I keep the propane detector as low down in the garage as poss as that's where the propane will gather. I know the carbon monoxide detector works as it used to go off in the winter while I was defrosting the car if I parked too close to the garage door
You know it works then

Well they do tell you to test them regularly