Hi, first of all apologies if this post is in the wrong forum section, we were woken up about 2 am last night to both the above detectors sounding, they were alternating with each other with 4 loud beeps, they were doing this for a good 40 seconds and then they both stopped and nothing since then.
I am trying to work out what would have caused them to trigger? First of all we have two of these detectors, one in the kitchen where the boiler (Worcester 18ri) is and obviously the cooker which just has a gas stove, These are the only gas appliances in the house. The other detector is in the upstairs landing outside the bedrooms the only reason for this detector is for acoustics, the one in the kitchen alone wouldn't be quite loud enough, i could only hear a faint 4 beeps from that detector as its downstairs and all doors were closed.
Since we are still alive hopefully i can only think this was a false alarm? The only thing that could have operated was the boiler but im thinking as this is a modern boiler it should be pretty well sealed to prevent co entering the room but im not 100% sure about that? We have the hot water from the prgrammer on constantly (not timed) so this means the boiler can and does come on at anytime to top up the hot water. if it was temporary co is it possible it could have come in from outside from a neighbours boiler? Or could one or both the detectors be faulty? Bear in mind i heard 4 loud beeps coming from both detectors so they were clearly communicating with each other, there was no single beep which would suggest a faulty battery or malfunction. Both detectors are about 4 months old and were recommended by the fire service. There could be a very simple explanation for all this but i am slightly paranoid about it because i knew of a friend who died from co poisoning or the silent killer if you like.
Sorry for long post
Hope it's clear
I am trying to work out what would have caused them to trigger? First of all we have two of these detectors, one in the kitchen where the boiler (Worcester 18ri) is and obviously the cooker which just has a gas stove, These are the only gas appliances in the house. The other detector is in the upstairs landing outside the bedrooms the only reason for this detector is for acoustics, the one in the kitchen alone wouldn't be quite loud enough, i could only hear a faint 4 beeps from that detector as its downstairs and all doors were closed.
Since we are still alive hopefully i can only think this was a false alarm? The only thing that could have operated was the boiler but im thinking as this is a modern boiler it should be pretty well sealed to prevent co entering the room but im not 100% sure about that? We have the hot water from the prgrammer on constantly (not timed) so this means the boiler can and does come on at anytime to top up the hot water. if it was temporary co is it possible it could have come in from outside from a neighbours boiler? Or could one or both the detectors be faulty? Bear in mind i heard 4 loud beeps coming from both detectors so they were clearly communicating with each other, there was no single beep which would suggest a faulty battery or malfunction. Both detectors are about 4 months old and were recommended by the fire service. There could be a very simple explanation for all this but i am slightly paranoid about it because i knew of a friend who died from co poisoning or the silent killer if you like.
Sorry for long post
Hope it's clear
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