Scott :
CO2 is not particularly a problem, after all it is a normal component of
air. If the levels get too high (which is rarely if ever a problem),
you feel like you "can't get your breath", but there is no particular
health problem, except perhaps hyperventilating <g>
CO is a much more serious problem, but a properly adjusted propane
burner will not emit any CO. You can buy commercial CO monitors (they
look like smoke detectors, and in fact some smoke detectors also respond
to CO), but IMO unless you plan to sleep in your garage, they aren't
necessary. As long as you turn off the heater and go somewhere else to
rest when you are tired, you won't have a problem. There are also
one-shot 'patch' type CO detectors available.
I've used many different unvented burners indoors, including heating my
house with a kerosene heater for awhile, and only once have I ever had a
problem. That was when I was burning heating oil in a 'smudge pot' that
was never designed for indoor use. (They used to use them to heat fruit
orchards in an attempt to prevent the fruit from freezing in an early
frost.) After some 8 hours straight in the garage, I started to feel
'woozy' and have a headache. I shut down the garage, took a short nap
in the house, and was fine.
Randall
Scott Whitehead wrote:
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> But if it is propane, then it should give off some kinf od CO2/CO, and
> that would concern me. Am I wrong on this?? I assumed that anything
> with any kind of combustion was out of the question.
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