Comments on: Generator Causes Six Carbon Monoxide Deaths https://carbonmonoxide.com/2016/02/generator-causes-six-carbon-monoxide-deaths.html Sat, 19 Mar 2022 17:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Attorney Gordon Johnson https://carbonmonoxide.com/2016/02/generator-causes-six-carbon-monoxide-deaths.html#comment-10923 Sat, 19 Mar 2022 17:53:02 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/?p=1891#comment-10923 In reply to Mike Legare.

NEVER USE A GENERATOR IN EITHER A BASEMENT OR A HOUSE. You may not survive it. There is no way that windows can exhaust levels that may be as high as 100,000 ppm from the generator.

While having a pilot light flame out will cause other serious safety risks (explosion/fire) this would not directly cause Carbon monoxide poisoning because there needs to be a fire (combustion) for the creation of Carbon monoxide. It is a byproduct of combustion, which is not the same as a methane leak.

]]> By: Mike Legare https://carbonmonoxide.com/2016/02/generator-causes-six-carbon-monoxide-deaths.html#comment-10332 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 03:30:56 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/?p=1891#comment-10332 What if a gas furnace or gas water heater flames out for some reason while the gas is on, will these appliances still flow gas into the air causing CO emissions to rise unknown and undetected?

Secondly, can a gas generator be used in the basement if all the downstairs windows are open, say in the case of an electrical outage now that winter is approaching?

Thank you

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