Faulty / Defective carbon monoxide alarm Kidde
We bought a kiddie smoke and carbon monoxide alarm. Of course have a new alarm we thought we would be secure. After moving to a new house we have a propane water heater in our sons room. our concern of course was the gas leaking while our 12 year old sleeps. until our addition is complete I assumed we could trust the Kidde alarm. I thought I would hold it around the water heater. It did nothing. I then held it over the Exhaust pipe outside while the burner was running. it failed to alert again. With my concern of this product I headed for the gas stove. I blew out the pilot light turned on the gas covered it in foil it still did nothing. When i light the stove it alerts for fire, then pushing the rest it say beeps and says fire, Then warning carbon monoxide as seen in the video I do know of another way of testing this other than a plumbers torch. I found it undependable and suggest testing yours as it could be your life or your loved ones
It actually takes quite a bit of time to set off the CO alarm testing it this way. On the back of the alarm should be a list of how long it takes to go into alarm depending on the concentration of carbon monoxide in parts per million (PPM). That’s just the way these alarms work.