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Tiny_Employee8253 t1_j1t8i5n wrote

Reply to comment by AGOODNAME000 in Everybody talks about having a CO2 detector but never what to do if the alarm goes off. by kymilovechelle

Cuz it's not for CO2. It's for CO. That's less dense than O2. Methane, CH4, also floats, but they add an extra gas in your natural gas so it smells like rotten eggs. It's probably mercaptan, H2S or ,SO2, which is more dense.

Also meaning, if you smell rotten eggs, you have a gas leak and the air in your house is potentially explosive. Get out and call the emergency crews. It's either natural gas or sewage gas.

Also, if it smells like fish, it could be propane or butane if you have tanks of those around. Some RVs use propane as a coolant instead of Freon.

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HermioneJGranger6 t1_j1srctx wrote

Reply to You don’t see RVs get in a lot of accidents by Blinky_

Not exactly an accident, but my grandparents had an RV that burned until it was just a few pieces of the frame.

My little cousin was a baby and he had been taking a nap in there, until my aunt had a bad feeling and decided to take him out and put him in the car (she had it running with the AC on, don't worry). The fire started soon after.

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