>From: Ireann >Subject: Carbon Monoxide and Natural Remedies > >For anyone who lives in a house that does not have a heat pump, please >buy a carbon monoxide detector for your bedroom. Very good advice. I just had a conversation with my father (who is a volunteer fireman) about this last weekend because someone had disconnected our plug-in CO detector and the battery had run down causing the thing to beep. It took my dad and me an hour to locate the source of the mystery beep. (The beeps are about 10 seconds apart, so it was really hard to pinpoint. I ended up checking all 3 of our smoke detectors before we figured it out.) Anyway, I would add that, if you live in a multi-story home, you should have a CO detector on the same floor as your furnace as well as on the same floor as your gas stove and/or dryer. I am buying a second one for my home, thanks to my dad, because I never thought about the stove. CO is a relatively heavy gas and stays close to the floor. Having a detector only in your bedroom, if it's on a top level, may not protect you as well. Aileen [Posted in FML 5835]