Hunter 50 - Page 55

Hu
nt
e
r
50
• Boatin
g
Safet
y
4.
9
“
A workin
g
smoke alarm can save lives. It’s that simple
and that important,
”
I
f
y
ou would like to purchase additional
CO
detectors
an
d
rece
i
ve a s
p
ec
i
a
l
p
urc
h
ase
p
r
i
ce,
pl
ease con-
tact our
C
ustomer
S
ervice Hotline at
800
-77
1
-555
6
,
O
n the next couple pa
g
es we will review some of the C
O
h
a
z
a
r
ds.
4
.2.10 Carbon Monoxide Revie
w
E
ver
y
one is at risk for Carbon Monoxide poisonin
g
!
P
articularl
y
sensitive are children, pre
g
nant women, the
e
lderl
y
, and people with lun
g
disease, heart disease, or
a
n
e
m
ia!
WHY
?
Because
C
arbon Monoxide is an odorless, color-
less
g
as that prevents the blood from carr
y
in
g
ox
yg
en
to the vital or
g
ans.
CO
(C
arbon Monoxide
)
is 200 times
more likel
y
to replace ox
yg
en in the blood
.
C
heck the s
y
mptoms o
f
C
arbon Monoxide poisonin
g
in
this chapter
(
4.2.4
)
a
g
ain ri
g
ht now, so
y
ou will be able to
reco
g
n
i
ze t
h
ese s
y
mptoms s
h
ou
ld
t
h
e
y
ever ar
i
se.
DANGER
! !
M
il
d
E
xposur
e
1
00
– 4
00
PPM
(
parts per million
)
causes
h
eadac
h
es
a
n
d
f
ati
g
ue resemblin
g
the
f
lu.
Mediu
m
e
x
pos
u
re
400 – 800 PPM
c
auses severe
h
ea
d
ac
h
es,
drowsiness, nausea, and
r
a
p
id heart rate
.
Extr
e
m
e
e
x
pos
u
re
over
800
PPM r
esu
lt
s
in
u
n
co
n
sc
i
ous
-
n
ess, convu
l
s
i
ons,
h
eart
or respirator
y
f
ailure, and
dea
th
.
M
an
y
reported cases of Carbon Monoxide poisonin
g
determined that while victims are aware the
y
are not
well, the
y
become so disoriented, the
y
are unable to save
themselves b
y
either exitin
g
the buildin
g
or callin
g
for
assistance. Also, children and pets ma
y
be a
ff
ected
f
irst.
C
arbon Monoxide
g
as is produced when an
y
t
y
pe of fuel
is incompletel
y
burned.
G
asoline en
g
ines and
f
uel burn-
in
g
appliances
(f
urnace,
f
ireplace, oven, stove, water
heater, etc.
)
also, space heaters,
g
as, and charcoal
g
rills
produce
CO
.
E
xtended operation of unvented fuel burnin
g
appliances
(
ran
g
e, oven,
f
ireplace, etc.
)
can build up hi
g
h
CO
lev-
e
l
s
.
CAUTION
! !
T
his alarm will onl
y
indicate the presence of Carbon
M
onoxide
g
as at the sensor. Carbon Monoxide
g
as
m
a
y
be present in other areas
.
WARNING
! !
T
o reduce the risk of Carbon Monoxide poisonin
g
, test
t
he alarm’s operation after the boat has been in stor-
ag
e, before each trip, and once a week durin
g
use
.
DO
N
O
T attempt to test the alarm b
y
an
y
other
means than b
y
usin
g
the Test/Reset button.
DO
N
O
T attempt to produce
CO
to test the alarm. The
T
es
t
/
R
ese
t
bu
tt
o
n t
es
t
s
a
ll f
u
n
c
ti
o
n
s
o
f th
e
a
l
a
rm
a
n
d
i
s
the onl
y
safe wa
y
to be sure the alarm is workin
g
prop-
e
rl
y.
O
nce a
g
ain, here and now, check in the DC Electric
c
hapter on the operation o
f
y
our
CO
detector. Learn how
to use it, how it works, what the alarm si
g
nals are, and
w
h
at
y
our response s
h
ou
ld
b
e.
DA NG ER
! !
Actuation of
y
our CO alarm indicates the presence of
Carbon Monoxide
(
CO
)
which will KILL YOU! If the
al
arm soun
d
s
:
1. Press the Reset
/S
ilence button
.
2.
C
all Emer
g
enc
y
S
ervices: Write the number here
____________________________
.
3
. Immediatel
y
move to
f
resh air, outdoors, or to an open
window or door. Do a head count to check that all persons
are accounted for. Do not re-enter the
p
remises nor move
awa
y
f
rom an open door or window until the emer
g
enc
y
responders have arrived, the premises have been aired
o
ut, an
d
y
our a
l
arm rema
i
ns
i
n
i
ts norma
l
operat
i
on.
4. A
f
ter
f
ollowin
g
steps 1, 2, and 3, i
f
y
our alarm reacti-
vates in a 24 hour
p
eriod, re
p
eat ste
p
s 1 – 3 and call a
quali
f
ied appliance technician:
Write the number here _________________________
_
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