IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS PLEASE READ

**FussyElmo** · 03-04-2014, 12:04 PM

A member on our fb group has just shared this information.

Just had my annual gas service and he checked my carbon monoxide detector. He told me it was out of date and would no longer be working effectively. On the back in the small print it does say quite clearly to be replaced after 5yrs
I had been replacing the battery religiously thinking it was working as it beeped appropriately.I have been including it on my monthly alarm checks too and ticking off.
Of course this shows only that the battery is working not that the sensor itself is working..............new detector now ordered. (the old one was 2yrs out of its guaranteed performance

Get checking your dates everyone

**caz3007** · 03-04-2014, 02:13 PM

Our old one bleeped to say it wasn't working properly. We replaced it with a nice new one

**Jayse74** · 03-04-2014, 02:28 PM

Good heads up!

Ours appears to be ok but if there is anything at all wrong with it, we shall find out on the 11th. We have a gas service all booked up so if it is at fault it will get changed that day

**sing-low** · 03-04-2014, 03:08 PM

Thanks. Mine's ok til Jan 2019!!!

Glitter · 03-04-2014, 03:51 PM

Thank you for sharing this.

I am going to check it this evening.

**snortlet** · 03-04-2014, 04:11 PM

Thank you. have checked mine

**gef918** · 03-04-2014, 05:26 PM

Thank you. Will check mine.

**maisiemog** · 04-04-2014, 11:26 AM

Mine was new last year so should be ok for a while! Thanks for the heads up!

**rickysmiths** · 04-04-2014, 11:39 AM

Thank you I have just replaced mine as it was approaching its date, it was valid for 7 years and so is the new one so look out there are good makes that last longer than 5 years.

**shortstuff** · 04-04-2014, 01:33 PM

I raised this as mine had a sticker in it to contact a telephone number before a certain date. I was told wrongly that it only needed a battery and to send it to them and they would change it. I wasnt happy with this but sent it away thinking they were the experts. When my engineer carried out my safety checks he found it faulty so we bought one the same day and now sleep happier. Seems like not even the so called experts know what they are talking about.