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Lighthouse Marine Surveying & Consulting has for more than 10 years been recommending that a battery operated or an on board DC system CO detector be installed in cabins and under covered area that could have potential for CO to collect. The beginning stages or symptoms of CO poisoning are very similar to those of seasickness so please be aware and get some fresh air.

A following wind can push CO from your exhaust system under covered areas and in hatches. Any leak in the exhaust system from your vessel's main power source or generator set can cause CO to collect. Always run bilge vent blowers when the engine or generator set is running while moored. Remember, the boat moored next to you whose engine or gen-set is running can kill you, too. Your properly installed CO detector could determine if your next ride will be in a coffin instead of your boat.

We will update our web site for you on CO information as it comes to us. Please visit again soon and share any information or experiences you know of concerning safe boating

CO - An abbreviation for carbon monoxide: an odorless, invisible, tasteless gas. CO levels are expressed in terms of parts per million (ppm) as related to the total volume of carbon monoxide in the air.

 

COHb - Carboxyhemoglobin abbreviated as COHb, also called Carbonmonoxy-hemoglobin, CO-hemoglobin, blood COHb, and blood CO. The degree to which the oxygen carrying capacity of blood is impeded by the union of carbon monoxide to the hemoglobin in the blood expressed as a percentage (e.g. % COHb)

See our Carbon Monoxide News Letter!


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