Purchase your Low Level Carbon Monoxide Monitor through available through Gauntlett Building Services, LLC.
NSI 3000 Special $129.95
($ 50.00 off suggested retail price)
Did you know the NSI 3000 can sense as little as 1part per million(ppm) instantly and will alarm at 15ppm as compared to the commercially available CO detectors that alarm after 31/2 hours with levels of 70ppm or greater.
Little known facts that can save your life!
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Carbon Monoxide Safety Question |
Carbon Monoxide Safety Answer |
| What is Carbon monoxide (CO)? | Carbon Monoxide also known as CO is an odorless and colorless gas created when fuel burns. Examples of fuels are wood, natural gas, oil, coal, etc. |
| What releases Carbon Monoxide into your home or office? | Malfunctioning furnaces, water heaters and boilers, clogged chimneys, poorly operating stoves, ovens or clothes dryers. Fireplaces, gas logs, and space heaters, pool and spa heaters, barbecue grills, cookers, camping appliances, autos etc. |
| When could I be exposed to Carbon Monoxide? | When you are around any improperly vented appliances such as clothes dryers, furnaces, stoves, cook tops, camping cook stoves, portable heaters, running autos, etc. |
| What symptoms might I experience? | The symptoms are
similar to those you have when the flu. Some of the
most common symptoms: Nausea Headaches Dizziness Rapid Heartbeat Weakness Seizures Blurry Vision Vomiting Disorientation Fainting Cardiac Arrest Hearing Loss Coma Respiratory Failure |
| How could carbon monoxide harm me? | Carbon Monoxide attaches to your red blood cells. Its attachment blocks oxygen from attaching to the cell and properly oxygenating your body. Carbon Monoxide is a poison and will damage your nervous system causing brain damage and eventually death. The young, the older and people with existing heart and lung problems are especially at risk. |
| What can I do to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning where I live and work? | Carbon Monoxide detectors are a start however the ones most commonly available are designed to prevent death of a full grown adult, not sensitive enough for small children, infants and elderly or poisoning. Your best protection is prevention, please contact a certified technician to test your combustion appliances and measure the conditions that may lead to carbon monoxide poisoning If needed, replace or repair defective appliances and adjust building air pressure conditions. |
| What do I do if I feel I have some of these symptoms? | If you or someone you know presents with these symptoms Leave the area and call your local emergency service. If you can not evacuate turn off any appliance and get fresh air into the building. If the symptoms are recurring, contact your doctor or local emergency room tell them you suspect CO poisoning. |
Take $50.00 off a CO and combustion test now thru 4/17/06 *
Good for a single residential system less than 140,000BTU Double the coupon for existing customers.
