Carbon monoxide is actually odorless. No joke.

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Jan 28, 2015
11:14:11pm

byuluvr

Carbon monoxide is actually odorless. No joke.

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byuluvr

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every freaking fire alarm in our house just went off for about 3-4 minutes!!!!

nashty

1/28/15 11:05pm

i've actually heard of this happening before. seriously. it's usually caused

riboflavin

1/28/15 11:07pm

You sure they didn't go off because of carbon monoxide?

kudzucoug

1/28/15 11:09pm

oh thanks...now i'm really gonna sleep well!

nashty

1/28/15 11:10pm

pretty sure you're joking, but just in case. CO is odorless, are they CO alarms?

BYUFBDAD

1/28/15 11:14pm

Carbon monoxide is actually odorless. No joke.

byuluvr

1/28/15 11:14pm

which is the ones that smell like eggs?!?!?

nashty

1/28/15 11:18pm

Farts aren't poisonous

Shimmy

1/28/15 11:20pm

Don't know. But seriously I would open the windows right now. Do not go to sleep

TrueAndBlue

1/28/15 11:20pm

That is sulfur dioxide.

MPCougar

1/28/15 11:22pm

natural gas, prior to it being burned.

BYUFBDAD

1/28/15 11:34pm

very well. you are about to take the longest nap of your life.

riboflavin

1/28/15 11:15pm

ours went through a phase where they did that for a while. never really

osbooks

1/28/15 11:09pm

that's a poltergeist. what city do you live in?

riboflavin

1/28/15 11:14pm

I'm sure you know this, but most newer homes (as in last twenty years) have

RebelScum

1/28/15 11:13pm

Try taking a can of the Dust-off and spray them out.

bluecheese

1/28/15 11:43pm

I've had it happen to ours as well. Not sure what to do except replace all

BW84

1/28/15 11:45pm

Same thing happened to me a few months ago, caused by a spider

jhingman

1/29/15 12:02am

I'm guessing it was especially satisfying killling that particular spider

dilbert

1/29/15 6:43am

Same exact thing for us.

whirl

2/5/15 3:37pm

Your house is haunted. Time to look for a new one

thecelloguy

1/29/15 6:55am

dust caused ours in a house the same age. had to dust one of the detectors and

goofball

1/29/15 7:34am

RE: every freaking fire alarm in our house just went off for about 3-4

bushy7

1/29/15 7:50am

It's not uncommon for alarms to start failing around 10 years. We replaced

1/29/15 8:02am

Same.

1/29/15 8:10am

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