foone , Englisch
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watching the latest Deviant Ollam talk, they mentioned wondering if you can just trigger carbon monoxide sensors with some chemistry.

Turns out you can just buy tester canisters! They're just spray cans of Carbon Monoxide! That sounds... somewhat dangerous.

https://www.amazon.com/Sdi-Carbon-Monoxide-Detector-Tester/dp/B007886ZME

BRicker ,
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@foone
this disturbingly reminds me of Crichton's movie Coma (1978) and RObin Cook's novel of same name & plot.

ReniTheRaven ,
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@foone I recall someone in my fraternity setting off the basement CO detectors by absolutely fumigating our basement with lysol.

purp ,
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@foone will arrive in time for Father’s Day! 🎉

DropTableFoxes ,
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@foone According to the MSDS: https://sdifire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SDS0081CA-EN-Solo-C6-iss2.pdf it's <1% CO.

In the precautionary statements, states 0.19% is flammable, so guessing that may be the actual percentage of CO in it.

So 0.19% would be 1900ppm, which should be enough to set an alarm off, but shouldn't otherwise be that dangerous as you're not breathing the pure contents of the can, which is small in comparison to room volume.

(Also, if you were, the lack of oxygen would get you first!)

homelessjun ,

@foone have been subjected to this "non-invasive" co detector testing. that stuff stinks. very low odor threshold.

stevewfolds ,
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@foone
I wonder what CO sensor manufacturers say? Local fire department told me a decade ago that CO sensors lose sensitivity to the gas by exposure. Putting one by a vehicle exhaust pipe to see if it worked was a bad idea & meant that a replacement was needed.

michaelgemar ,
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@foone Does one can contain enough CO to be dangerous? I’d doubt it, but…?

foone OP ,
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@michaelgemar I'm not good at chemistry type stuff but it depends how big a space it is. The recommended level is under 9 or 25 ppm, so it gets dangerous fast. 200ppm+ means you start getting headaches and nausea after an hour or two, 3000ppm means you've got mere minutes before headaches, 10-15 minutes before you're dead.

scottmiller42 ,
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@foone @michaelgemar The company website shows using the canister with a cup-like device to test the sensor. I’m guessing the canister is something like 300 ppm, strong enough to trigger the alarm even when mixed 50/50 with ambient air, but weak enough to not be a hazard unless you start deliberately abuse it.

rotopenguin ,
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@foone ℂ𝔸𝕌𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ
CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE!

(Additional, hardlyworthmentioning cautions on back)

NireBryce ,
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@foone i love that CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE gets a front label warning but the fact that it's CO is presumably on the back with the other warnings

foone OP ,
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@NireBryce yeah! it's implied that this contains CO, sure, but I had to check the rest of the page to confirm that this is really just CO, not some chemical that the sensors are also sensitive too

rayckeith ,
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@foone @NireBryce "nonflammable" seems wrong. A chemistry page says it burns with a "beautiful blue flame".

glyph ,
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@foone @NireBryce "Instantly Fatal Poison™ Inside! WARNING: PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESSES PEANUTS. MAY CONTAIN TRACE AMOUNTS OF GLUTEN"

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