Carbon Monoxide Detector
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Hi,
Do you guys install Carbon Monoxide detector in your IT Office and server room? I'm not comfortable about the building ventilation system of the IT Office and the server room. -
There's never any harm in being cautious, prudent, or safe. Buy a Kidde and plug it in a wall outlet.
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Is there something producing carbon monoxide in server closets? I've never looked into it - it's not like there is a combustion engine running in there (unless your generator is inside the building).
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I try to reduce the number of things that need to be inspected/maintained by outside entities like the maintenance department of the building we are in
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@c00l-ice said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
Hi,
Do you guys install Carbon Monoxide detector in your IT Office and server room? I'm not comfortable about the building ventilation system of the IT Office and the server room.Not the server room. People aren't supposed to be sitting around in there and the air is always moving. So it's not like an occupied space. Plus no source for it.
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@Dashrender said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
Is there something producing carbon monoxide in server closets? I've never looked into it - it's not like there is a combustion engine running in there (unless your generator is inside the building).
We are in Dallas where we don't have gas at all. So unless there is an engine with fuel somewhere, CO isn't a thing here.
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CO could be coming from any combustion device nearby. Is there a warehouse that runs forklifts?
Hot water closet?
Furnace Closet?This is the one I have in my home and the one our company sells exclusively to the public. Most CO detectors do not even sense until 20 to 20 ppm. This thing rocks. I would and have bet my life on it. I almost died on a mountain from CO poisoning.
https://www.nationalcomfortinstitute.com/pro/index.cfm?pid=988#&pc=796&pr=397
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@popester said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
CO could be coming from any combustion device nearby. Is there a warehouse that runs forklifts?
Hot water closet?
Furnace Closet?Nope, nope. And none of those things produce CO here (forklift or car would), but there is no garage, no motors, and no gas supply. So those things are all electric.
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@popester said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
CO could be coming from any combustion device nearby. Is there a warehouse that runs forklifts?
Hot water closet?
Furnace Closet?You are up in Denton, you might get gas. Down in SE Denton County you can't have gas, we are in the clay fields here. Gas lines can't be in the ground.
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@scottalanmiller said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
@popester said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
CO could be coming from any combustion device nearby. Is there a warehouse that runs forklifts?
Hot water closet?
Furnace Closet?You are up in Denton, you might get gas. Down in SE Denton County you can't have gas, we are in the clay fields here. Gas lines can't be in the ground.
Wow.... Did not know that. Yep, I have gas. I also have it in my home for heating.
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@popester said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
@scottalanmiller said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
@popester said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
CO could be coming from any combustion device nearby. Is there a warehouse that runs forklifts?
Hot water closet?
Furnace Closet?You are up in Denton, you might get gas. Down in SE Denton County you can't have gas, we are in the clay fields here. Gas lines can't be in the ground.
Wow.... Did not know that. Yep, I have gas. I also have it in my home for heating.
Ugh, I wish we did. But the Irving to Carrollton stretch can't have gas. Ground shift would snap the lines.
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@Dashrender said in Carbon Monoxide Detector:
Is there something producing carbon monoxide in server closets?
...and it doesn't have to be in the closet. for example, if you have a cracked heat exchange in your gas fired furnace, you will pump (blow) CO throughout the entire HVAC system, no matter how far those vents go.....:)
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It's better to get a HVAC guy in and take some measurements. They measure the flow in the ventilation system and can tell you if it's enough or not. People die from CO but get headaches from high CO2 levels. Anyway, you trying to monitor the ventilation system is like the ventilation guy trying to monitor server performance.
If there is a real risk somewhere where people could die, you don't solve it with an alarm from amazon that you plug into the wall and hope it works and that someone will hear it and if they hear it they will know what it is and evacuate the building.
