This particular unit is very good, i have one in my camper van due to having a small gas heater in there the digital display is very good and tells me where the co levels are at, my heater seems be pretty good, if i use it normally the levels don't go up, however the level shoots up rather quickly when the burner is turned down to bearly lit which shows me the unit is working well and detecting in complete combustion from the heater.

Thanks for the helpful info.

Just one correction. Cycling/testing will not reset "peak level" to 0. To reset peak level to 0 you have to push "peak level" button and "test/reset" button while holding "peak". That will reset it to 0. You have 0 because there was no detection registered yet (new device). btw. this device is not expensive and working great. I have it for 4 yrs and it was always on 0, I wondered is it working at all, but 2 days ago heat wave in combination with pressure pushed back CO from chimney to my boiler heater and in bathroom. My boiler heater detected it and shut down in minute, but Kidde still detected 59 ppm. Recommended for every household. Keep up the good job. All the best.

@MOAB-UT

4 ай бұрын

Great tips- thanks! When you have to replace it though, grab a Defender CA6150 or the one level higher unit (LL6170- detects and alarms down to 5ppm.) Both are better The 6150 detects down to 10 ppm (alarms at 30) vs 30 on the Kidde. That is actually a huge difference. Not sure it has peak level though. That would be handy to check if say you were away for a week. Why Kidde shows 0 when it only reads down to 30? Could be at 29 and it would say "0" right?

@sonjabrajkina3995

4 ай бұрын

@@MOAB-UTThanks, I will check. I saw on on Kidde readings of 15, 17 19 in memory, but it never triggered alarm on such low numbers. It detected it though. Not sure what is the lowest number that will register. It may be 15, I newer saw numbers under 15.

@MOAB-UT

4 ай бұрын

@@sonjabrajkina3995 Thanks- interesting. Does it only store one number in Peak history at a time, then you clear and see others later? It does not alarm because those are spot numbers/events. To do harm, CO needs time and volume. A car at a traffic light for 20 seconds is not dangerous. That car, in a garage where you are working, for an hour is very dangerous. So if you are sleeping as an example, you won't be woken up with a brief event/alarm but if it is a real issue, you should hear an alarm. I think they should alarm sooner then they do and have adjustability. When in doubt though- manually checking the device is the best way.

@sonjabrajkina3995

4 ай бұрын

@@MOAB-UTOnly one number, I guess the highest in peak history, yes. I reset history after that so I can see if it was some again. Those are really small numbers. Not harmful at all. It's in the bathroom, small space, no windows. It just mean that it was some in between two checks. But nothing to worry. But it shows how good Kidde is. I have 2 of them plus boiler heater built in sensor (my only possible source of CO), so if sensor on boiler fail to turn off boiler it will start to alarm me much before actual accumulation in rest of the apartment. That one time when I had 59 reading, sensor did turned off boiler in a sec, but I feel safer with them. It turned it off so fast that alarm did not start on Kidde, but I can't put lives of my family in "hands" of one sensor.

@MOAB-UT

4 ай бұрын

@@sonjabrajkina3995 Ovens, HVAC, Hot water tank, Dryer, WOod burning ovens, and NEIGHBORS (if apartment) are all sources.

Thank you!!

Great video and clear explanation. That will help a lot. Why does it show 0 if it only detects down to 30? Why not display, more accurately,

thanks.

@TechTalkvideo

3 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome. Hopefully the information was helpful. Thanks for watching.

I just bought the exact same one and I’m having trouble placing on the batteries on the first slot and idk what to do

question: what does one do with the red movable tags in the battery compartment?

@chrisowen2925

2 жыл бұрын

That likely is to press inside switches to tell the alarm it has batteries or some other tamper sensing.

@blueeyes3555

7 ай бұрын

Or it could be just to help you. Remove the batteries when it's time to change them. If that's what you're talking about. The tabs should be underneath the battery So you can pull on them to get the battery out , maybe not ...

I am gwtting an "L6" on the display? What does that mean?

@humblegenuine1004

24 күн бұрын

Curious to know what that means too

I started my car engine in the garage with all doors closed for about 1 minute. Then I took that Kidde device to the garage. I was expecting to see some number other than 0 but it keeps showing 0. I even put it about 2 ft away from the muffler, it still shows 0. Does this device really work? It's brand new.

@TechTalkvideo

2 жыл бұрын

That’s definitely concerning. I’m not sure what the reading should be in the back of a muffler. Would be interesting to research how to properly test these.

@shaggydawg5419

2 жыл бұрын

@@TechTalkvideo there's another video clip about Kidde CO detector where a guy says anything under 30 isn't going to show. In other words, the device only shows CO level 31 and up. I don't know if that is true or not.

@GoldenTV3

Жыл бұрын

Supposedly these devices are only supposed to alarm after 4 minutes and 15 minutes after levels of 400 ppm

@MOAB-UT

4 ай бұрын

@@shaggydawg5419 That is a lawsuit waiting to happen. It displays 0 when it could be a harmful 29.

Shouldn't the unit be closer to the ground considering carbon monoxide is a heavy gas?

Is it against smoke or carbon monoxide?

@KainOfNosgoth

9 ай бұрын

If only the manufacture be nice enough to type "carbon monoxide" on the product!

@donallen9885

4 ай бұрын

It states exactly what it is just above the display.

En español por favor

is electronic waste after 10 years! It just switches off and just honks without any other function. The device is an environmental mess! I'll never buy again!