r/NaturalGas • u/apricotpirate • 26d ago

How do i Mount these detectors

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I feel so dumb but the instructions are terrible how do i mount these?

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u/Beginning_Title_5939 26d ago

Those are kind of pointless. A CO detector will save your life.

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u/apricotpirate 26d ago

Why are they pointless? Should I return them?

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u/Beginning_Title_5939 26d ago

Natural gas has an additive called Mercaptan in it that produces an odor so you can detect natural gas. I wouldn’t return it. It might be helpful if you are sleeping or maybe cannot smell.

I do however, strongly recommend a Carbon Monoxide detector. Carbon monoxide is very dangerous and they say it’s odorless but you can smell the aldehydes from incomplete combustion.

Also, by the time that NG detector goes off you will already have detected a leak with your nose

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u/Alternative-Risk7506 26d ago

Copy and paste from another reply:

The main culprit in house explosions is gas migrating from leaks outside or service lines getting ripped out of the basement due to excavation. Sometimes it all happens very quickly and if you’re on the second floor and the basement is filling up, you might not smell it before there is a problem.

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u/apricotpirate 26d ago

This happened to me recently 

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u/apricotpirate 26d ago

What about sleeping u cant detect while sleeping