- Install a carbon monoxide alarm on every level in your home, and near sleeping areas. Place them at least 15 feet away from any fuel-burning appliances, like stoves and water heaters.
- The detector’s batteries should be checked at least two times each year, at the same time smoke detector batteries are checked. As a handy reminder, you can do this at the beginning and end of Daylight saving time each year.
- It is best to have carbon monoxide alarms that are interconnected. This way, when one sounds, they all sound.
- Replace the batteries in each carbon monoxide detector every year, or when the battery is low. Most carbon monoxide detectors will alert you when the battery is low by chirping.
- Carbon monoxide alarms are not substitutes for smoke alarms and vice versa. For more information on smoke alarms, go here.