Potential Carbon Monoxide Poisning from a Gas Furnace
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A sudy in the new england journal of Medicine calls cabon monoxide " one of the most common causes of morbidity due to poisoning in the United States," Home owners should protect themselves against tasteless, oderless, invisibles carbon monoxide gasses produced by furnaces, water heaters and gas appliances with regular inspections and maintenace by trained professionals. |
| With out a annual preventive program in place 80% of systems are not maintaned by a professional and most people are taking a chance. Poeple would'nt dream of taking poison, but every winter they manufacture batches of the stuff in their own homes. usually , they aren;t aware of it, but as natural gas furnaces fir up to stave off the chill in the air and water heaters cycle more frequently, dager lurks |
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A crack anywhere in the heat exchanger of a gas furnace or water heater can result in dangerous carbon monoxide gas being circulated throughout the home, Unless the owner has carbon monoxide monitoring devices installed, the'll never know about it until they start to develop symptons of CO poisoning, which ofton are confusd with the FLU or other illnesses. |
