Gary & Carla Goldberg on sat 6 nov 99
Most likely, the fumes you are smelling are not carbon monoxide, since
you can't smell carbon monoxide. If the gas is being released, you can
get headaches and have flu like symptoms and be very sleepy and
depressed feeling.
I have also smelled fumes coming from my electric kiln, but I have
considered it a normal result of the process. I don't worry about it
since I have an vent system that sucks up the fumes and sends them
outside.
As a general note to everyone, be sure to read the instructions on your
detectors before you put them up anywhere in your house. Most detectors
need to be at least 20 feet away from the source of fumes or it will
mess up the detector and give it false readings, which makes the alarm
go off more frequently with confusing readings. For this reason you
should not have a detector in your garage or near your gas
boiler/furnance.
And for those of you that don't have a detector yet. GET ONE! I have
been a victim of carbon monoxide being released in my house. Luckily we
happen to have the furnace checked for general maintenance and the
repair man discovered it.
Carla in Alaska - where darkness and fresh air are abundant.
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Original Message:
> >
> > The headaches are usually from the carbon monoxide from incomplete combustio
> > of the organics. Get a carbon monoxide detector from the hardware store and
> > keep it near the kiln. It wont record unhealthy levels, but it will tell yo
> > when the levels are life threatening.
> >
> > Monona Rossol
Patsy Catsos on sun 7 nov 99
In a message dated 11/7/99 2:54:45 AM, you wrote:
<you can't smell carbon monoxide. If the gas is being released, you can
get headaches and have flu like symptoms and be very sleepy and
depressed feeling.
I have also smelled fumes coming from my electric kiln, but I have
considered it a normal result of the process. I don't worry about it
since I have an vent system that sucks up the fumes and sends them
outside.
>>
We've recently had a rash of dead mice on the floor of the basement, where my
kiln is located. The thought occurred to me that they could be dying of
carbon monoxide poisoning from furnace or kiln fumes. I bought a digital
carbon monoxide detector for $59.00 US. It reads "zero," so there must be
some other reason the mousies are dying. Maybe they've been sampling my
glaze chemicals.
Patsy Catsos
Cape Elizabeth, ME
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