Carbon Monoxide alarm going off

[Willyeckerslike]

Hi,

I had a telephone call from the wife (I am at work). The alarm is going off in the kitchen & it is situated above our Ideal Mexico boiler. The thing is she said an energy saving eco bulb stopped working in the living room & it smelt/stunk. She removed this & put in a new one. She then put the old light bulb in the kitchen and 10 mins later the alarm was sounding. I obviously told her to open doors, windows etc & remove the alarm into the hall (bungalow & kitchen is at the rear of the property & therefore isolated). Can one of these "eco" friendly bulbs set off the detector or not? I have had a google but cannot find anything specific. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

cheers

Will

 

[namsag]

Yep ask any transo guy what percentage of CO alarms going of are false alarms and its around 80% . Tell her to throw it out ventilate the room and see what happens .
Or better safe than sorry call transo out its free

 

[Willyeckerslike]

Thanks for the reply,
The light bulb has been thrown out & the alarm put back in the kitchen after it has been ventilated for a few hours, It has been 1 hour now with heating on & alarm has not gone off so hopefully it is sorted.

cheers

Will