https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:44:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/#comment-5098 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:34:23 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=dont-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor#comment-5098 @Don, thanks for clarifying.
@Don, thanks for clarifying. I was confused because your link in previous comment was for the UL-2034 listed detector.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/#comment-5097 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:43:51 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=dont-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor#comment-5097 To introduce myself, I am the
To introduce myself, I am the manufacturer’s representative for the Defender CO monitor and alarms, which are made in Canada. 
 
We are an OEM manufacturer, and have been making CO alarms for other manufacturers and under our own brands since the early 90’s. 
 
Defender’s UL Listed CO Alarm, model CA6150, will “automatically” display CO levels detected of 30 ppm or more, and is programmed with an initial alarm threshold of 45 ppm within approximately 90 minutes. As CO level increases, alarm time decreases. 
 
The CA6150 is a hybrid between a retail type alarm and a low level CO monitor, in that you can, with One Touch of a button, “manually” monitor the current CO level as low as 10 ppm, peak CO level from 10-999 ppm, and peak duration from 0-999 minutes. 
 
The Defender LL6070 is a true Low Level CO Monitor, but is necessarily not UL Listed (UL Listed CO Alarms must alarm at or below 70 ppm, but cannot alarm below 30 ppm). 
 
These are the alert and alarm thresholds for the LL6070: 
Displays 5 ppm within 1 minute of detection 
Within 10 minutes of detecting 10 ppm, red LED flashes 4 times/minute 
Within 60 minutes of detecting 15 ppm, horn beeps and red LED flashes 4 times/minute 
Within 30 minutes of detecting 25 ppm, horn beeps and red LED flashes 4 times every 5 seconds 
Alarm time continues to decrease rapidly as CO level increases 
 
The MSRP for the Defender CA6150 CO Alarm is $79.95, and the MSRP for the Defender LL6070 Low Level CO Monitor is $149.95. There are substantial discounts available for licensed contractors.  
 
Please feel free to visit http://www.defenderdetectors.com/ll6070.html, e-mail sales@defenderdetectors.com, or call us at (800) 253-1529 for more information about the Defender LL6070 Low Level CO Monitor.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/#comment-5096 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:55:53 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=dont-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor#comment-5096 @Don, good to have another
@Don, good to have another low-level CO monitor. How long does CO have to be above 15 ppm to trigger ann alarm?  
 
Also, how can your alarm be UL-2034 listed if it alarms at 15 ppm? UL-2034 prohibits an alarm below 30 ppm continuous for 30 days.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/#comment-5095 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 05:43:48 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=dont-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor#comment-5095 Defender just released a new
Defender just released a new Low Level CO Monitor in November. 
 
The monitor automatically displays CO levels detected of 5 ppm or more, and provides a visual alert at 10 ppm and an audible alarm at 15 ppm. 
 
Two factory installed lithium batteries will power the monitor for up to five years. 
 
Visit http://www.defenderdetectors.com for more information.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/#comment-5094 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:40:47 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=dont-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor#comment-5094 It is amazing that about 75%
It is amazing that about 75% of the homes we upgrade do not have already have CO alarms installed. To think that local building codes have not mandated them to date is astonishing, given the documented harm that low level CO exposure can do. To see UL only concerned with high levels is disappointing, to say the least.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/#comment-5093 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:36:52 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=dont-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor#comment-5093 For those interested,
For those interested, Aeromedix.com is selling the new CO Experts 2014. Looks smaller in size but it’s gone up in price.  
 
http://www.aeromedix.com

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/#comment-5092 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:50:55 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=dont-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor#comment-5092 Bob S.: If
Bob S.: If you ever find yourself in the position of maintaining a blog with a lot of articles and comments, perhaps you’ll understand. It’s easy for people to cry censorship over what I do with my blog when they know nothing about the maintenance, the spam comments that I continually have to delete, and that I do this all by myself. This isn’t a big corporation with lots of staff and money. It’s one person writing about 3 articles a week and trying to respond to as many comments as I can, which is getting to be a smaller and smaller percentage because, with 400+ articles, something’s got to give.  
 
It’s not just the ventless gas fireplace article. I’ve decided to keep comments open on articles for only one year, so all articles that I published more than 365 days ago are now closed for comments. If the article’s older than that, I don’t have time to keep deleting spam and responding to people repeating the same thing that’s been said several times before they ever found the article.  
 
If your want to comment here in the Energy Vanguard Blog, there’s still plenty of opportunity because I’ve written 135 articles in the past year and will probably write about the same number this year. Combustion safety is a topic I write about fairly often, so you can still speak your mind on the topic here, as you’ve done in this article. I welcome your comments. If this were true censorship, I’d just delete your comment and any other that I didn’t like.  
 
Regarding the issue of ventless gas fireplaces, there’s a reason that combustion safety experts don’t recommend them. There’s a reason that green building programs don’t allow them. If you’re willing to take a chance on them in your home, that’s fine. I will stick with the folks who understand the issue and recommend venting exhaust gases to the outside. 
 

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/#comment-5091 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:34:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=dont-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor#comment-5091 Have had the unit for several
Have had the unit for several weeks now. Registers 10 ppm when button is pushed. Had it next to our gas range all day. Registered zero. I noticed the comments on ventless fireplaces was closed with the comment that gas industry people were posting propaganda. I kind of resent that. Feels like censorship to me. I don’t see the difference between a gas range & cooktop and a ventless fireplace, even though I don’t have one. I just heat soapstone bricks on my rangetop when the power is off. I do have a few hundered dollars invested in good CO2 and Co detectors. I bristle when people condemn anything, unvented gas ranges, sugar, heavy cream, whiskey, pork fat, etc., without valid scientific proof. Their opinions are no better than mine.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/#comment-5090 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:02:40 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=dont-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor#comment-5090 Ah, sorry David. Don’t know
Ah, sorry David. Don’t know where I got Gerald from. Thanks again. 
Bob

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/don-t-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor/#comment-5089 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:00:51 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=dont-compromise-get-a-low-level-carbon-monoxide-monitor#comment-5089 Gerald, 

Gerald, 
 
Good to know. I’ll press that button before going to bed at night. Thanks, 
Bob

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