Locating CO Monitors

[solanderi]

Just received my shiny new CO-Experts Carbon Monoxide monitors and wondering about placement. The Stateroom one is easy, but the Salon of my 45C does not offer many options. Anybody with a recommendation ? Also, has anyone placed these in their ER ? Thank you,

Greg
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1985 45C
Miami Beach, FL

 

[Passages]

I placed CO monitors in the galley & staterooms. A 45 C has diesels which greatly reduces the risk, but it is not eliminated.

The biggest risk with CO is having the gas sneak up on you while sleeping such as when you are rafted up and one of you neighbors fires up his gas genny. Another risk is the station wagon effect while underway. Someone leaves the salon door open and in it comes. This is less a problem as the an awake victim typically will experience symptoms of nausia, light headedness or sleepiness prior to life threatening exposure.

Pay particular attention is someone complains of sea-sickness and goes below to lay down. Make sure it's "only" mal de mer.

This was more than you were asking but it's a good topic. Short answer: One in each stateroom and one in a common area such as the galley or salon.

 

[Nonchalant1]

I put one CO Experts unit in the aft stateroom where we always sleep and another simply sitting on the lower helm station. In a 53MY the lower helm "desktop" is huge with lots of spare room for that little box with a non-skid mat under it.

Since the ER is not connected to the boat interior by vents, there seems to be no need for one. I'm most concerned if CO should get from the ER into the boat. I had an exhaust pipe leak in one ER for 3 days running and it was sooting up the heatshield and manifold, so I'm sure there was CO in the ER, but the stateroom monitor never went off. When I took it into the ER then, it did go off after a couple of minutes. By the next morninig when the engine was cool enough to work on, the CO was gone. I'd say just take one with you into the ER if you're worried about it for a particular reason.

Doug

 

[Genesis]

Anywhere someone does or may sleep you should have one.

That's the general rule. CO mixes with air so there is no need to be "down low" or "down high" - the only trick is you don't want it somewhere that the air won't circulate.