Carbon Monoxide poisoning from generators

That sounds pretty good though running a generator in the rain doesn’t concern me if you want to move it further away - there are battery operated carbon monoxide montiors/alarms you can purchase at the big box stores/hardware stores/on-line, and not expensive, to lessen your concern.

the people dying are from running a generator inside.
those people are vulnerable to extinction due to a complete lack of intelligence

as long as it’s outside any enclosure there is nothing more that needs doing

Are you sure? There's a GFCI on the recepticle.

There was a story one time about a generator being run in the car port that was connected to main house via covered walkway. The carbon monoxide fumes passed through the attic connection and vented into the house.

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There was a story one time about a generator being run in the car port that was connected to main house via covered walkway. The carbon monoxide fumes passed through the attic connection and vented into the house.

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I had mine running under carport for hours this evening before my wife started seeing the Facebook stories and texted to ask me if I had a carbon monoxide detector. Pulled out an old detector and sure enough it went wild. I have a room partially gutted on the opposite end of the house. Promptly moved that bitch to the middle of the backyard on a section of downed fence.

She’ll hold this one over my head for a good while.

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those people are vulnerable to extinction due to a complete lack of intelligence

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Not always the case.

It's a good thing a few years ago (guess coming up on decade, time flies) I went to visit elderly parents in AR for Christmas. Snow storm hit and took out power across the state, some people without for months. Talking snow completely covered satellite dish on the roof

Anyway, Dad, a retired Civil Engineer and Purchasing Manager for Big 3 Oil Company gets out the gas camp stove to cook on. I walk into the garage to find him cooking bacon over gas with ZERO ventilation. I quickly lifted the garage door a couple feet and propped it open on a couple 5 gallon buckets.

Point is, smart people will do dumb stuff at times, especially during catastrophes.

its running in enclosed areas that is the problem

if you have concerns then just set a box fan next to generator to blow the exhaust away from the house

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Governor John Bel Edwards confirmed the five carbon monoxide poisoning deaths during a press conference Friday.

Lake Charles Fire Chief Shawn Caldwell said the carbon monoxide poisoning deaths in Lake Charles were caused by the family placing their generator in an attached garage with a door to the home left partially open.

Caldwell said five people were in the home at the time, with all of them dying.

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Very sad.

I don’t have a generator, but I assumed I could place one near the edge of my back patio extension. It would be 15-20 from nearest entry but there is a soffit vent closer to it.

I think it’s paramount to have a working CO detector if you’re going to be using one.

Maybe this thread can save a life.

Get a detector. They dont cost that much.

I was watching HTV from Houma, and one guy called in to ask Martin Folse if he could run his generator inside if he ran some pvc pipe from the exhaust out the kitchen window.

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