Although Winter is coming to an end and with it the sad news about whole families dying of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning due to malfunctioning heating apparatus, the dangers of CO are anything but over.
Piston engines in cars and aircraft all produce CO and there have been cases in apartment houses and shopping centers where CO from the garage under the building seeped into the rest of the structure causing people to feel ill or even faint.
CO is an odorless, tasteless and colorless gas that attaches to hemoglobin, the red blood particles, several orders of magnitude stronger than oxygen does, effectively displacing life giving oxygen with carbon monoxide and starving the brain of oxygen. CO stays in the blood and oxygen no longer has a chance. Neither do you.
Worst of all, you do not notice the danger until it is almost too late. A headache, nausea are the first warning signs but by the time these appear, you may find it hard to find a place with more oxygen.
Some people have CO monitors installed in their house but what about your car or cockpit? A faulty exhaust system can, and did, result in CO poisoning in the confines of cars and cockpits. So what is the solution?
You do not need bulky equipment or mains power to be protected all the time, everywhere.
KWJ Engineering Inc, brings you the POCKET CO, a car-key size unit you can put on your key-ring and be safe, day and night. This full-featured gas detector effectively and accurately alerts you to the presence of deadly carbon monoxide, all in a durable, pocket-sized package that weighs less than one ounce. It has advanced features like dosimetry and datalogging as well as a long lasting user-replaceable coin battery.
POCKET CO is in use by aviation professionals the world over and KWJ will even customize their detector to fit your particular needs.
Check them out here or send an email.