Does carbon monoxide rise or crash?(Heavier or lighter than air)What type of detector to buy?? I am looking to purchase a carbon monoxide detector
I am looking to purchase a carbon monoxide detector for my apartment as we have several smoke detectors but no monoxide detectors I am aware of - I am expecting a child surrounded by 3 weeks.
Wondering if I should purchase a plug in alarm, or a battery-operated operated alarm and it would help out me in my judgment to know if carbon monoxide is generally heavier than common air, description the plug in would be better; or lighter than run of the mill air significance a battery operate one that can be mounted near the ceiling would be better??
or does it distribute evenly through the upper air?
Any help?
thankfulness!!
Answers:
it is said to be "neutrally buoyant" within the earth's atmosphere. However, in bag of a fire, the convection currents from the heat will incentive it to rise to the ceiling. I would go beside a ceiling-mounted one. By far the most frequent culprit in carbon-monoxide poisoning is from heaters or gas marine heaters (I presume you have gas heat and/or a gas water oven? - you don't need a detector if you hold electric heat for both). The heat air will rise, and that convection will be what carry carbon monoxide to the ceiling to be sensed. I have never see a CO detector for the floor, and I'm not sure that it would be a lot of use, as the heavens around us is constantly mixed and moving.