LPT Your home CO detector lasts a MAXIMUM of 7 years. Put a date on them when you install them. Make sure you change them 5-7 years later.
LPT Your home CO detector lasts a MAXIMUM of 7 years. Put a date on them when you install them. Make sure you change them 5-7 years later. As a Firefighter we get called to so many alarms where the CO detector is going off. The family gets all panicked we go in with meters and find nothing. The first question we ask, "when did you install the CO detector?" the answer is either I don't know or 10 years or longer. Fortunately I have not run into one that did not go off when the CO wa...