Carbon Monoxide Headquarters

What they Can / Cannot Do

CAN - detect unacceptable levels of CO in the air (some units do not detect low levels of CO that may be significant in chronic CO poisoning).

CAN - provide early warning, before a healthy adult might show symptoms of acute high-level CO poisoning.

CAN - act as round-the-clock monitor of CO in a living space.

CAN - only sense CO that reaches it - Where you place an Alarm is important

CAN - are subject to breakdown like any other electronic device

CANNOT - work without electrical power (batteries, AC)

CANNOT - sense smoke, natural gas, propane, etc. (It is not a smoke detector, although some units now combine both functions)