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co death - true or false? was re. kinder, gentler kiln room/...

updated mon 29 nov 99

 

Ray Aldridge on sun 28 nov 99

At 03:01 PM 11/26/99 EST, Monona wrote:
>
>I suggest you get a CO detector of the type that will read out the highest
>reading in the last 8 hours. Unfortunately, the highest reading they will
>report is 30 or 35 ppm! But at least that is a start.
>
>Schools with serious ceramics programs should purchase one of the expensive
>continuous CO monitors for the kiln room.
>

Good suggestion. We have one of the continuous monitors in the hallway
next to the closet that holds our gas furnace, and it's a source of
reassurance to look at the readout and see "0" in big red letters.

Ray


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