Home Alarm Shows Importance of CO Detectors
A carbon monoxide scare prompts Fire Department officials to remind residents of maintaining CO detectors.
A carbon monoxide scare prompts Fire Department officials to remind residents of maintaining CO detectors.
The measure was prompted by a CO incident at a local daycare center last spring after 30 people, including children, were hospitalized with possible CO poisoning.
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The company recalled the alarms after the devices failed to alert users of a fire or carbon monoxide incident following a power outage.
Nest has reintroduced its Nest Protect combination smoke and carbon monoxide detector after voluntarily pulling the product a few months ago.
Nest has discovered a software flaw with its Protect combination smoke/CO detector that allows the ‘Nest Wave’ deactivation feature to potentially be unintentionally activated with a wave of the hand.
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