350.135UK User Manual
What is carbon monoxide?
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a highly poisonous gas that has no taste, colour or smell.
Carbon monoxide is a cumulative poison meaning long-term exposure to low levels may cause
symptoms. This alarm is time-weighted – the higher the level of CO, the sooner it will alarm.
What produces CO in the home?
Many appliances can produce deadly CO levels if they are not in fully working order. Items
such as wood burning stoves, gas boilers, gas fires, gas hobs and ovens, oil and coal burning
units, portable gas heaters, blocked flues and chimneys, car fumes from an integral garage
and even barbeques. This alarm is not a substitute for proper maintenance of your appliances.
What should I do if the CO alarm sounds?
1.
IMMEDIATELY
open all doors & windows for ventilation & turn off all combustion
appliances.
2.
Evacuate everyone outdoors or to an open door or window for fresh air. Do a head count
to check all persons are accounted for.
3.
DO NOT
re-enter the premises or move away from the door/window until the alarm has
stopped.
4.
Call the UK Emergency Gas Services: 0800 111 999
5.
Seek medical help immediately for those suffering with CO poisoning.
6.
DO NOT
use appliances again until they have been checked by a qualified technician
and the fault clearly identified and rectified.
How to identify symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning:
Carbon monoxide poisoning accounts for up to 50 deaths on average per year in the UK, long
period exposure will lead to brain damage and can be lethal if ignored or unnoticed. Therefore
it is very important to identify the symptoms at an early stage.
Symptoms
Mild
Headache, nausea, fatigue (often misdiagnosed as flu or food poisoning)
Moderate As above but more obvious, also tiredness, dizziness, lack of concentration,
shortness of breath or chest pains
Severe
Severe headaches, convulsions, seizures, loss of consciousness, vital organ failure.
Possible death within 2 - 3 hours
