Will CO activate smoke alarm?

[hi123456789]

Because I'm having my doubts the SN I've ordered will pass customs I consider doing the charcoal / CO method. I have a location, however the place has a fire alarm that alerts the firefighters if not turned off. Not sure wether or not the fire alarms can be taken down / turned off.

My question is therefor: Will the CO gass from the charcoal activate the smoke alarm? Thanks for all replies :)

 

[locked*n*loaded]

The thing about it is, with charcoal, you will be emitting more than just the CO, which is what would be setting off smoke alarms. Even if you let most of the impurites burn off before taking the charcoals into a tent, or other small space, which is what you are supposed to do, there will still be some impurites that continue to burn off. The CO will set off CO alarms, if they are present. Please make sure you are using enough charcoal to produce lethal levels of CO. The smaller the space, the better. Seal any leakage from the space if you can. Anything less than that and you can really screw yourself up if you survive, like brain-damaged screwed up.

 

[hi123456789]

The thing about it is, with charcoal, you will be emitting more than just the CO, which is what would be setting off smoke alarms. Even if you let most of the impurites burn off before taking the charcoals into a tent, or other small space, which is what you are supposed to do, there will still be some impurites that continue to burn off. The CO will set off CO alarms, if they are present. Please make sure you are using enough charcoal to produce lethal levels of CO. The smaller the space, the better. Seal any leakage from the space if you can. Anything less than that and you can really screw yourself up if you survive, like brain-damaged screwed up.

Okey so the smoke alarm will be activated even if it doesn't detect CO bc of the other chemicals the charcoal is emitting? So if I'm not able to take down the firealarms they will go off?

 

[time2fly]

most smoke alarms just go off from detecting particulates or heat in the air (smoke etc..) so do NOT try the charcoal in a hotel / motel. As far as CO goes on its own it would have to be one that specifically detects it (super common and also in most hotels) ...

 

[hi123456789]

most smoke alarms just go off from detecting particulates or heat in the air (smoke etc..) so do NOT try the charcoal in a hotel / motel. As far as CO goes on its own it would have to be one that specifically detects it (super common and also in most hotels) ...

It's not a hotel/motel. If I'm able to taket down the fire alarms and remove the batteries, is it safe then? Or will it travel through the walls and set of someone elses alarm?

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Okey so the smoke alarm will be activated even if it doesn't detect CO bc of the other chemicals the charcoal is emitting? So if I'm not able to take down the firealarms they will go off?

More than likely.

 

[hi123456789]

More than likely.

What if I'm able to take down the smake alarms and take out the batteri?

 

[locked*n*loaded]

What if I'm able to take down the smake alarms and take out the batteri?

If that's the case, what alarm would there still be to go off? Alarms taken down, or no batteries = NO ALARMS. If the alarms are in some kind of building, chances are they are powered by electric, and not batteries. They probably have battery backups, but the main power feeding them is electricity.

 

[Gonnerr]

I tried it at my apartment, i let 2 charcoal briquettes burn during the night and nothing happen i dont have any alarms in my apartment but it didnt set the hallway alarm and i didnt even seal my door so i think a little bit of smoke escaped in the hallway but it wasnt enough i think.

Do a test run during the day to see what happen , if you trigger the alarm , open your windows and tell if sonmebody comes that you let something burn too long in the oven.

 

[nattns]

CO Detectors and Smoke Alarms are two different things so the answer to your question would be no. This is because CO Detectors are designed to detect many type of gases, mainly CO. Make sure you know what type of alarm the room has as they both look very similar. Using charcoal would be a problem as charcoal produces smoke which would set the smoke alarms on.