Carbon Monoxide in Shop

Pat Wilbur PatWilbur@aol.com
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 06:06:51 EDT


Today reminded me of the curse "may you have an interesting life." I'll limit
myself to the short version, though. It began with a run to the hardware store
for easy-outs (which didn't help) before I had even brushed my teeth, and by
lunch I had set off the carbon monoxide detector.

Didn't know we had one. Came with the house. When it bleeped intermittently, I
assumed it was a smoke detector looking for a battery. So I went on with what
I was doing and pulled it off the wall a little later. I saw what it was, but
still assumed it wanted a battery while it bleeped on and off. Carried it
around, looked for the battery, etc. By the time I figured out it wasn't
malfunctioning, and was coming from the shop and not an appliance, I was
dizzy.

I'm fine and I still got quite a bit of work done after I opened the windows
and took a break.

But if it can happen to me it can happen to you. I wasn't doing anything all
that unusual. So if you don't have a detector, be nice to yourself and get
one.

Pat Wilbur, Associate
Fort Worth, TX


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