If
you are installing ONLY UL-2034 Listed C O alarms, you are Guilty
of totally ignoring your customer’s need for protection from Chronic Low Level C
O Poisoning that causes irreversible mental physical damage.
I believe that you will find the Trail Lawyers are getting in line at your door.
All Security Alarm Installers, HVAC Contractors and all other C O alarm
installers who are being Forced to install ONLY UL-2034 Listed &
Labeled C O alarms by this Unconstitutional Mandatory LAW are thereby
immediately left with No, None, Zero “Defense” when being sued because
one or more of their Customers has become a victim of Chronic Low Level C O
Poisoning.
To make this Liability situation even more ridiculous, Trial Lawyers have told
me that even if your company does not actually “Install” or recommend a UL-2034
or CSA-6.19 Listed & Labeled C O alarm you can still be named in a Chronic Low
Level Poisoning Law Suit if one is filed by any of your customers in whose home
you have made a service call, if you FAILED to explain to your customer that the
UL-2034 Listed C O alarm they had installed in their home probably will NOT
fully protect them, as explained in the “Liability Disclaimers”.
Lawyers say that as a Home Heating Expert you are “Expected” to make sure that
your customers are properly informed of any and all hazards to their health and
safety.
You need to obtain a signed acknowledgement that you have explained their lack
of protection from Chronic Low Level C O Poisoning, or any other dangers you do,
or as a professional in your line of work, “Should Have” observed and
given them written notice concerning the danger.
One sure way to avoid Liability Lawsuits due to the effects of Chronic Low Level
C O Poisoning and the utter failure of UL-2034 Listed and Labeled C O alarms to
provide such “Health and Safety” Protection is to installed the needed number of
C O – Experts Low Level C O “Health” Monitors in every home, plus obtaining a
signed “Liability Release Form” for all Security Alarm Installers, HVAC
Contractors or others who are being forced to install UL-2034 Listed C O alarms.
[ C O alarm Installer’s Contractor’s Company’s name ],
has advised the undersigned, and the undersigned acknowledges, that the CO
Experts Low Level C O “Health” Monitor is not listed to the UL-2034 CO Alarm
Standard as required to meet the requirements of the State’s Carbon Monoxide
Alarm Detector Act, and is intended to be a supplemental Low Level C O detection
device. We believe that these Low Level C O Monitors are extremely important to
assure the health and safety of your family. We believe you will agree when you
realize that the UL-2034 Listed Hardwired C O alarms; just like the retail grade
C O alarms you can purchase at many retail stores, are not tested and will not
alarm at the Lower Levels of C O that can cause Chronic Low Level C O Poisoning
and that all of these UL-2034 Listed & Labeled C O alarms contain Liability
Disclaimers warning that purchaser / consumer that they may not properly protect
the fetus, pregnant women, infants, young children, the elderly or anyone that
has other serious illnesses or disease.
If you decline the addition of supplementary Low Level C O Monitors, your
signature shall constitute your release of any and all Claims of Liability for C
O Poisoning that may occur in the future.
I urge you to read the above “Liability Release” again and pay special attention
to the fact that every home must add Low Level C O Monitors into their home
protection system in order to provide the level of protection most families
desire to have for their families. Many larger homes may need to install three
or four Low Level C O Monitors in order to have full protection throughout the
home.
Full Details: “The Rest of the Story” :
http://www.coexperts.com/Unconstitutional.htm
All current C O laws must either be REPEALED or have this Low Level C O
Amendment added immediately.
Low Level C O “Optional Better C O detection Installation” Amendment:
Carbon Monoxide Detectors / Monitors
In dwelling units with combustion appliances or attached garage a minimum of one
operable carbon monoxide detector or Low Level C O Monitor shall be installed on
each lived in level of the home.
Detector Options
All C O Detectors Installers shall have the option of choosing the C O detection
device to be installed in each dwelling after reviewing the ages and medical
status / personal health needs of those dwelling within, or expected to be
dwelling within the living units to be protected. If any of the occupants
are not young healthy adults, and fall into any of the groups excluded by the
Liability Disclaimers placed on UL-2034 and CSA-6.19 Listed and Labeled C O
alarms, (i.e. "Pregnant women, infants, children, senior citizens, persons with
heart or respiratory problems and smokers may experience symptoms at lower
levels of exposure than noted. Individuals with medical problems may
consider using warning devices which provide audible and visual signals for
carbon monoxide concentrations under 30ppm."), only low level C O Monitors shall
be installed in such situations.
Required Specifications of an Approved Low Level C O Monitor
A.
All detectors must have a minimum of 3 year expected Useful life, as per both
UL-2034 and C O - Experts minimum requirement for C O alarm components and
completed products.
[All C O – Experts
have a 5 year guaranteed life on Monitors and Lithium batteries.]
B.
All detection devices must have monitored sensors that will activate both
audible and visual warning at the END of Sensor Life.
C.
All Low Level detectors / Monitors must be able to detect and continuously
display C O levels in Parts Per Million (ppm), starting at 10 (ppm) or lower; as
well as sounding an audible alarm that provides more frequent warning cycles as
the level of C O present increases.
D. All Low Level detection devices must have multiple Silence / Hush
cycles, [periods of time], for various levels of C O present, all of which can
be activated by a simple push of the test button. Pushing the test / silence /
hush button must stop the sounding of the audible alarm for a safe, specified
period of time. The silence / hush cycle must be able to be automatically
over-ridden permitting re-alarming immediately if the C O level present
continues to rise to the next higher alarm level.
E.
Low Level C O Monitor warning levels and required “Hush / silence” periods:
10 PPM ….. one push of the test button will silence for up to 24 hours
25 PPM ….. silence period is one hour
35 PPM ….. silence period is one hour
50 PPM ….. silence period is one hour
70 PPM ….. silence period is 4 minutes
100 PPM ….. silence period is 4 minutes
Detector power options
A. Hardwired detectors
Hardwired detectors are allowable. Hardwired detectors shall have a 9-volt
non-rechargeable battery backup.
D.
Battery-operated detectors
E.
Battery operated detectors shall include a non-rechargeable 9 volt Lithium
Battery which provides at least a 5 year useful life.
Battery powered detection devices must be designed to provide both audible and
visual warning of a failing battery at least 30 days in advance of such a
failure
No direct plug-in detection devices are acceptable for Low Level C O detection
installations.
A Lifetime Dedicated to Health & Life Safety,
George E. Kerr, President / Founder,
C O – Experts