Jim Davis is the senior carbon monoxide/combustion trainer and consultant for the National Comfort Institute (NCI). He has been teaching classes since 1983 and has been part of NCI for the past seven years. Davis has written national protocols for CO testing and operating guidelines for proper combustion and mechanical operation of fuel-burning appliances. For additional information call 800-633-7058, or go to www.nationalcomfortinstitute.com.
Whatever our comfort zone may be, if we do not have some understanding of the combustion process and heat transfer, neither method has much meaning or value.
This article is part two of a two-part series on carbon monoxide (CO) safety and residential equipment and venting. In this article, we continue the discussion of CO safety and cover several additional issues not mentioned in Part I. This includes certain types of installation problems and operational defects that develop after the system has been put into service.
This
article is part one of a two-part series on carbon monoxide (CO) safety and
residential equipment and venting. Is heating equipment and the way it’s
installed really as safe as it should be?
Carbon monoxide (CO) testing is one of the main concerns
that should be addressed in every structure in which contractors perform work,
if not for the safety of the customer then for their own safety.