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Carbon monoxide

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by lobshot, Oct 29, 2014.

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  1. Oct 29, 2014 #1
    lobshot

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    Has there ever been any issues with carbon monoxide during an overnite at a truckstop? I could see how there might be with about 100 trucks in close proximity all idling because of outside temperature.
     
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  3. Oct 29, 2014 #2
    double yellow

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    Diesel engines generally do not produce much carbon monoxide.
     
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  4. Oct 29, 2014 #3
    kemosabi49

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    some years back I was listening to Dave Nemo on Xm. They were talking about the dangers of carbon monoxide in big trucks. From your truck or the truck parked next to you with grass burner exhaust. The guy withan apu with the pipe pointing under your sleeper. I went to Walmart, got a detector for @$25. A few weeks later I the alarm woke me up. I had a terrific headache. My flex pipe on the eshaust was leaking. Glad I got the detector. Still keep one on my truck.
     
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  5. Oct 29, 2014 #4
    leftlanetruckin

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    Very cheap insurance is the smoke/carbon monoxide detector as mentioned.
    Dont get the cheapest, it could save your life!
    Mount it on the ceiling between cab and sleeper, or on the rear wall/cabinet of the sleeper.

    Martin
     
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  7. Oct 30, 2014 #5
    Numb

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    not on ceiling, CO is a lighter than air gas.

    sinks to lowest point.
     
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  8. Oct 30, 2014 #6
    brsims

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    If its lighter than air, wouldn't it rise? Heavier than air would bring it down, I think....
     
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  9. Oct 30, 2014 #7
    Sik_Life

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    Well in homes and such they are always mounted on the ceiling.
     
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  10. Oct 30, 2014 #8
    double yellow

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    CO is almost exactly the same weight as air. They put smoke/CO detectors on ceilings because gases from a fire are hot and rise.


    Get a CO detector if you want, but you're a lot more likely to be killed by lightning than by CO from a diesel. Its like parents who won't let their child visit a house with a gun, but think nothing of a neighbor with a swimming pool (annual death rate for children by gun: 1/1,000,000 By swimming pool: 1/11,000)
     
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  11. Oct 30, 2014 #9
    Numb

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    I stand corrected.

    "Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is slightly less dense than air."

    must have been thinking of another gas.? maybe?lol farts?
     
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  12. Oct 30, 2014 #10
    brsims

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    Dunno...my farts seem to be both lighter...AND heavier...AND the same weight as air! Cut one loose and that bugger gets EVERYWHERE!!!
     
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