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| Author: | jsimon [ Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Generator Fumes kill 5 |
This happened in an RV, but still a good lesson about CO. A tragedy. Everone with generators might consider sending in your CO detectors into the company in the off season and have them checked out. I have already purchased 2 new ones to replace what is in the boat now just for peace of mind. Here is the article http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S2289538.shtml?cat=10159 |
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| Author: | Jafo4U [ Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Generator Fumes kill 5 |
That is just a horrible story! My prayers to the families of the deceased. I posted a couple of other news reports on similar occurrences I found on the web on a thread titled portable generators safe? A member posted the question. |
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| Author: | wkearney99 [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Generator Fumes kill 5 |
To quote despair.com: "It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others." Hopefully others will learn from their tragic mistake. Even something as simple as $20 battery operated CO detector could've saved their lives. We have both on the boat, the built-in ones and a separate battery operated one. On the few situations when there's been fumes detected sometimes it was one of the built-ins, others it was the residential-grade one. Depended entirely on which hatches were open and the source of the fumes. Causes varied; our generator (open companionway door), adjacent boat's engines during docking at a slip (side hatches open), nearby portable genset (top hatches open). The docking situation wasn't unexpected and dissipated quickly. We moved away from the genset to a different part of the anchorage. |
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