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 saltyd
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 Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? 
#19523914 - 02/05/14 06:52 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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After pressure cooking for about an hour the shrieking carbon monoxide alarm started going off in my apartment. It's a pretty small studio, and I'm afraid of waking up all the neighbors in the building. I opened the window and turned on all the fans and the alarm went off.
Then it started going off again a few minutes later. I shut it off again and it just would turn on all over in a few seconds. I can't take the batteries out of this thing, so I had to abort the operation.
What's the deal with this? Is this an overly-sensitive alarm or am I slowly dying as I type this? And will my grains that were only cooked for an hour be okay to use?
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hushmush
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Re: Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? [Re: saltyd]
#19523924 - 02/05/14 06:55 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Do you have a gas stove? If not it was something else that set off the alarm. Even if you do have gas I wouldn't think cooking for an hour would set off any alarm.
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learningnonsense
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Re: Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? [Re: hushmush]
#19523935 - 02/05/14 07:02 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dude, that should not happen. Send the pc back IMO. And no, your grains aren't quite finished. But I wouldn't keep trying if it's setting off the CO detector
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saltyd
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Re: Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? [Re: learningnonsense]
#19523969 - 02/05/14 07:18 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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It is a gas stove, but the alarm went off when I turned it off. I can't think of what else would cause it but I don't know how the pressure cooker could cause co2.
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RogerRabbit
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Re: Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? [Re: saltyd]
#19523977 - 02/05/14 07:22 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Tell the landlord to replace a defective CO detector. It shouldn't sound when you cook unless your gas stove has a yellow flame. If so, simply adjust the air shutter to the burners until you have a blue flame.
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Re: Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#19523994 - 02/05/14 07:28 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yup, this should not happen.
But sometimes it does, and kills people. So check your CO alarm (or get it checked).
Stay safe bro!
Regarding the grains: 90 minute is the de-facto standard, but you might get lucky.
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Re: Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? [Re: cli_hlt]
#19524177 - 02/05/14 08:37 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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That's scary, I bet it's your stove.
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Re: Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? [Re: Sgt. Pepper]
#19524206 - 02/05/14 08:44 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Seeing as a PC can't make CO it's not your PC. It's either the flame burning without enough oxygen IE yellow flame, or something else like the stove
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Re: Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#19524580 - 02/05/14 10:20 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
RogerRabbit said:
Tell the landlord to replace a defective CO detector. It shouldn't sound when you cook unless your gas stove has a yellow flame. If so, simply adjust the air shutter to the burners until you have a blue flame.
RR
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i recommend common sense and figuring it out.
These are the TEKs I use. They're all as cheap and easy as possible, just like your mom.
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learningnonsense
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Re: Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? [Re: saltyd]
#19526383 - 02/05/14 04:19 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
saltyd said:
It is a gas stove, but the alarm went off when I turned it off. I can't think of what else would cause it but I don't know how the pressure cooker could cause co2.
Like above users stated, PC won't actually emit CO, but could send false signals. I've heard that some cleaning chemicals leave a residual that has set off CO detectors. And cooking with a cheap pan has even set off my own CO in the past (smelt funny now that I think about it) to the point that I used another pan, and it was fine. Needless to say, I chunked that shit!
Or it could just be batteries. Or a faulty CO detector altogether. And I'm praying that you weren't just releasing CO into the house; this isn't your first time working with a gas stove is it?
But if you get a repeat after the landlord visit, may want to check with the manufacturer just to be on the safe side. 
Edited by learningnonsense (02/05/14 04:20 PM)
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Re: Carbon monoxide warning from pressure cooker? [Re: learningnonsense]
#19526585 - 02/05/14 04:57 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've had my CO detector go off while pressure cooking before.
Put some new batteries in it and haven't had it go off since.
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