CO Poisoning 12/17/09

370Zsteve · 12-17-2009, 08:52 AM

RE: Wood Stove Safety / House Fires and Carbon Monoxide

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Posted by Berlin (My Page) on Mon, Oct 17, 05 at 23:14

there is not a very big risk of carbon monoxide poisoning if you are burning wood, the house would be full of smoke by the time carbon monoxide levels would reach high enough to cause a concern, and like most sane people when a home is full of smoke, you realize there is a problem, long before anything elce happens. however if you are burning natural gas, which has quite oderless emissions, then co poisoning would be more of a concern.

370Zsteve · 12-17-2009, 08:53 AM

Suggestion to OP

Go read the children's story Chicken Little

SpawnAeroJohn · 12-17-2009, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

Suggestion to OP

Go read the children's story Chicken Little

If you woke up a few seconds ago before reading this I suggest you drink a cup of coffee, take a few moments, then come back and read this.

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Originally Posted by SpawnAeroJohn

Well, what happened was I started the fire and teh way I always started my fires was by building up a pyramid fire. 3 logs on the bottom (center log a fire starting log), then two on top, then one over that. I wrap it in news paper like a Hershey kiss and light the tip. That build a real hot smokeless fire from the get go. The neg pressure messed up the burning process which also forced the main hatch to open. Its like an 80 year old pot belly stove and they have poor hatches that open easy which also lets you know there’s neg pressure so I guess its good.

We do have a smoke detector but I was gone for a short time to get my coffee and stop off at the paint shop to say morning

. When I got back there was a good amount of smoke build up from the open door, poor lit fire and neg pressure. I hahd to move a bunch of stuff to get to the over head door since like I said we are in the works of remodeling basically and building new desks and benches so there was about two work benches worth of wood on top of parts stands, FG hoods, molds, etc. In that short amount of time moving stuff to get to the door I inhaled enough to get to me. Real stupid of me to keep the stuff cluttered but it was only going to be for a few days and I had that thought "oh what’s the worst that could happen"... We all know what happens when somebody says, "whats the worst that could happen".

12-17-2009, 08:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
370Zsteve A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gold Coast CT Posts: 10,599 Drives: 2019 Corvette G.S. Rep Power: 44	RE: Wood Stove Safety / House Fires and Carbon Monoxide clip this post email this post what is this? see most clipped and recent clippings Posted by Berlin (My Page) on Mon, Oct 17, 05 at 23:14 there is not a very big risk of carbon monoxide poisoning if you are burning wood, the house would be full of smoke by the time carbon monoxide levels would reach high enough to cause a concern, and like most sane people when a home is full of smoke, you realize there is a problem, long before anything elce happens. however if you are burning natural gas, which has quite oderless emissions, then co poisoning would be more of a concern. __________________ SOLD MY Z MARCH 2018 - another Core OG moves on - new ride 2019 Z Corvette Grand Sport - no mods necessary but already have eyes on HFC and intakes LOL IT NEVER ENDS.

12-17-2009, 08:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
370Zsteve A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gold Coast CT Posts: 10,599 Drives: 2019 Corvette G.S. Rep Power: 44	Suggestion to OP Go read the children's story Chicken Little __________________ SOLD MY Z MARCH 2018 - another Core OG moves on - new ride 2019 Z Corvette Grand Sport - no mods necessary but already have eyes on HFC and intakes LOL IT NEVER ENDS.