Method CO Poisoning

[hazelmoon]

Hello everyone. I have come up with a method I am sure will work but need some help.

I have decided to go the CO route. I found a small Honda generator at Home Depot for $1,100 that has a very descriptive warning on it to never use it inside because it can cause death in minutes. I have done research on it and it seems if I use it in my car, it will do the job rather quickly.

I don't have a garage, so I will be doing it in the open in an area that I know nobody will be in, in the middle of the night. I plan on duct taping my windows and doors to ensure the job is done correctly.

If I do it out in the open, not in a garage, but make sure my car is well sealed, it should still work right? And also, should my car be on or off while I do it? I plan on stepping outside to smoke and letting the generator run for a few minutes to build up the CO before I get back in my car. I shouldn't be found until hours later so that should be more than enough time.

I can ask the people at the store how the generator works and how to put gas in it. I just want to be sure everything is done right. Thank you for your help!! :)

 

[Dejected 55]

I assume it physically fits in your car and is something you can lift on your own and put in there? Make sure that is the case or you'll be off to a rocky start. Having the car running may or may not be a problem. Why would you have it running? If it is for A/C... then you have to be sure you are recycling internal air and not external or you'll be venting your CO outside. Even with internal circulation, modern cars have internal air filters and I honestly don't know if those have any effect on CO or not. My guess is not, but I don't know.

As you know, I'm planning something similar with a gas-powered chainsaw. I can't afford a generator or that would be a better option as it would get you there quicker. I'm planning on being in my car inside my garage to not be interrupted but not running my car for A/C just to not add any of those wrinkles into the mix. If done right, I don't expect to be awake long enough to feel too uncomfortable from heat anyway.

 

[homeboundcripple]

Hello everyone. I have come up with a method I am sure will work but need some help.

I have decided to go the CO route. I found a small Honda generator at Home Depot for $1,100 that has a very descriptive warning on it to never use it inside because it can cause death in minutes. I have done research on it and it seems if I use it in my car, it will do the job rather quickly.

I don't have a garage, so I will be doing it in the open in an area that I know nobody will be in, in the middle of the night. I plan on duct taping my windows and doors to ensure the job is done correctly.

If I do it out in the open, not in a garage, but make sure my car is well sealed, it should still work right? And also, should my car be on or off while I do it? I plan on stepping outside to smoke and letting the generator run for a few minutes to build up the CO before I get back in my car. I shouldn't be found until hours later so that should be more than enough time.

I can ask the people at the store how the generator works and how to put gas in it. I just want to be sure everything is done right. Thank you for your help!! :)

Yes, that will work. I would say have engine off. Good luck

 

[hazelmoon]

I assume it physically fits in your car and is something you can lift on your own and put in there? Make sure that is the case or you'll be off to a rocky start. Having the car running may or may not be a problem. Why would you have it running? If it is for A/C... then you have to be sure you are recycling internal air and not external or you'll be venting your CO outside. Even with internal circulation, modern cars have internal air filters and I honestly don't know if those have any effect on CO or not. My guess is not, but I don't know.

As you know, I'm planning something similar with a gas-powered chainsaw. I can't afford a generator or that would be a better option as it would get you there quicker. I'm planning on being in my car inside my garage to not be interrupted but not running my car for A/C just to not add any of those wrinkles into the mix. If done right, I don't expect to be awake long enough to feel too uncomfortable from heat anyway.

Yes I was looking at the chainsaws at Home Depot but I was worried about how to figure out how to work a chainsaw and get gas in it and everything. I've never really handled any tools like that before. I saw the generators in the same aisle and decided to go that route instead, and they seem easier to figure out.

The generator is pretty small. It's a portable one and definitely small enough to fit in my car. The AC wouldn't be running. The heat more likely because I don't plan on doing it until late October or November as that's when I'll have the money for it. I guess I'll just have to get a lot of blankets to prevent me from getting cold before I go unconscious.

Thank you for the advice!! And I wish you well on your own journey

 

[Dejected 55]

Yes I was looking at the chainsaws at Home Depot but I was worried about how to figure out how to work a chainsaw and get gas in it and everything. I've never really handled any tools like that before. I saw the generators in the same aisle and decided to go that route instead, and they seem easier to figure out.

The generator is pretty small. It's a portable one and definitely small enough to fit in my car. The AC wouldn't be running. The heat more likely because I don't plan on doing it until late October or November as that's when I'll have the money for it. I guess I'll just have to get a lot of blankets to prevent me from getting cold before I go unconscious.

Thank you for the advice!! And I wish you well on your own journey

Understood. I bought my first chainsaw last year, and it isn't rocket science but it's not just pick up and crank and use easy either. Also you have to mix gas and oil and it is a small opening to pour gas into. I always make a mess. But I have it already and it was probably a quarter of the price of the generator. It's kind of dumb luck for me to already have a chainsaw and then find out it is something I can use for this. As long as you can move and fit the generator where you want, that's a more reliable solution I think.

Heat would be the same thing as cooling... so, yeah, blankets would be better. It's still 80s during the day here and maybe low 60s at night... so I'm thinking it might not be too hot and not too cool yet for me if I'm able to go by the end of this month or early October. I still need to run my chainsaw once to make sure it is in good working order. It's been a while since I last cranked it to do anything.

I hope everything works out for you like you want too.