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3 Simple Reasons Why It’s Time To Replace Your Carbon Monoxide Alarm

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This is a sponsored post with Kidde. All opinions are our own.

We always want our girls to be fire safe and know what to do in case of an emergency. We live in California where we are very fire aware and have already had our big wildfire of the year. Growing up in California, we not only experienced fires but also earthquakes, so now as parents ourselves we want our girls to know what to do in case of emergency.

It’s also even more important that we prepare every day in small other ways. Replacing fire and carbon monoxide alarms might be something that you need to consider and here are three simple reasons why.

3 Simple Reasons Why It’s Time To Replace Your Carbon Monoxide Alarm 

  1. It’s the Law– Many people don’t realize that California actually passed a law on July 1, 2011, called California Senate Bill 183. It went into effect and made it mandatory for all California homes to have a carbon monoxide alarm installed. Well, flash forward 7 years and those very alarms that were purchased following the law going into effect are going to expire. Your alarm might be expired.
  2. Ease of Use– Are your alarms easy to reach, how easy it is to check the battery on them, and are they a good quality? Personally, I am a fan of things that are easy to use, and within reach is also nice to have. That’s what I like about Kidde Plug-In Alarms. They are plugged in but also have emergency battery power in case the power goes out.
  3. Newer Technology– As technology gets newer we always want the next best thing, especially when it comes to home security and safety. Kidde Home Safetyhas everything you need in terms of safety products for your home, including the newest technology in smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

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We just moved into a new house and since we are unsure of when the alarms were replaced, we have our own. They easily plug into the wall with a digital display and have a backup battery in case the power ever happens to go out. There are actually quite a few places in your home that you should be aware of when it comes to carbon monoxide. Potential sources include gas furnaces, water heaters, space heaters, clothes dryers, barbecue grills, fireplaces, wood-burning stoves, gas ovens, generators, and car exhaust fumes. We actually have an alarm by our dryer as well as our water heater. You can’t even see the ones in our home. They blend in so easily and provide us a piece of mind.

living room with fire safety

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 Have you checked your alarms recently?

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Comments

  1. Breanne says

    09/07/2018 at 8:59 pm

    No, I haven’t.

  2. James Coyne says

    09/07/2018 at 8:52 pm

    Yes i do

  3. Christian Alejandro says

    09/07/2018 at 8:47 pm

    I haven’t checked recently.

  4. Kimberly Gifford says

    09/07/2018 at 8:44 pm

    No, I haven’t checked alarms

  5. Molly says

    09/07/2018 at 8:30 pm

    I haven’t checked my alarms recently although I should.

  6. Kriss says

    09/07/2018 at 8:26 pm

    We don’t have the carbon monoxide detectors, now that I think about it!

  7. Trisha McKee says

    09/07/2018 at 8:02 pm

    No. I have not checked them recently. Thank you for the reminder.

  8. Rachel B says

    09/07/2018 at 7:57 pm

    I have checked them one starting beepiing

  9. Jerry Marquardt says

    09/07/2018 at 7:55 pm

    I usually check all the fire and CO detectors when the time changes twice per year.

  10. Monica Kirkham says

    09/07/2018 at 7:51 pm

    Honestly, no… I haven’t checked my alarms recently

  11. Philip Lawrence says

    09/07/2018 at 7:50 pm

    I check my alarms on a regular basis and just checked them.

  12. DanV says

    09/07/2018 at 7:25 pm

    Yes we have checked them recently

  13. BRYAN E. says

    09/07/2018 at 7:18 pm

    We check our smoke & CO alarms every month; it is time to replace them because they are coming up on their 10 year “birthdays” !

  14. Sand says

    09/07/2018 at 6:49 pm

    The last time I checked them was when the time changed.

  15. Kerry P says

    09/07/2018 at 6:21 pm

    I’m not good at remembering to check them, but I did recently because it was a requirement upon moving in.

  16. AEKZ2 says

    09/07/2018 at 5:10 pm

    We last checked our alarms on Jan 1st.

  17. Leela says

    09/07/2018 at 4:22 pm

    A few months ago.

  18. Eileen Boyce says

    09/07/2018 at 4:07 pm

    N we need to.

  19. Erin says

    09/07/2018 at 3:50 pm

    Not since I moved in February.

  20. Jen S. says

    09/07/2018 at 2:52 pm

    We haven’t checked them recently but I just put it on the chore list for this weekend. It’s definitely something we should do more often.

  21. Tara Woods says

    09/07/2018 at 1:45 pm

    I admit, I am late checking them. I will have to do better.

  22. Lynne says

    09/07/2018 at 10:58 am

    I checked mine when we switched to Daylight Savings time and will do so again when it ends.

  23. joe clark says

    09/07/2018 at 7:36 am

    Yes, I have, I will be replacing my existing ones with the NEST’s alarms.

  24. Julie Waldron says

    09/07/2018 at 7:17 am

    No, we have not.

  25. Leah Shumack says

    09/07/2018 at 2:59 am

    I make sure I do them when we change the clocks.

  26. Janine Hwang says

    09/07/2018 at 12:57 am

    I need to check more often! Good rem8nder

  27. Judy Gregory says

    09/07/2018 at 12:38 am

    Every 3 months. When the seasons change.

  28. Amy Deeter says

    09/06/2018 at 9:17 pm

    yes the last time i checked them was a few weeks ago

  29. kathy pease says

    09/06/2018 at 6:41 pm

    I checked ours a few months ago

  30. Rose Santuci-Sofranko says

    09/06/2018 at 6:05 pm

    Actually, I haven’t checked our recently. Thanks for the reminder that I should. God bless!

  31. Ed says

    09/06/2018 at 5:07 pm

    I have not; thanks for the reminder.

  32. Richard Hicks says

    09/06/2018 at 3:50 pm

    I last checked when the time changed

  33. cindy mahoney says

    09/06/2018 at 2:49 pm

    No, I haven’t checked the alarms in a long time.

  34. Claire McKeon says

    09/06/2018 at 12:12 pm

    I did because I had to change the batteries

  35. Stephanie Larison says

    09/06/2018 at 11:50 am

    No, we haven’t for a while. It’s definitely one of those things we forget about. Thanks for the reminder!

  36. Janice B says

    09/06/2018 at 11:49 am

    I check them at daylight savings time. I do know the smoke alarms work though because I just set them off the other day when I burnt something in the oven. Oops…lol

  37. Jae Park says

    09/06/2018 at 10:10 am

    I check my alarms when we do the time changes, so the last time I checked was this spring. TYVM for hosting!

  38. Cheryl VanBrunt says

    09/06/2018 at 8:58 am

    I checked them maybe a few months ago.

  39. clynsg says

    09/06/2018 at 5:46 am

    We have to replace ours because of some repair work, so this would be very useful. We have less worry about the problem, since we have switched to mainly electric systems, but we still do have some gas, so still need the extra protection.

  40. Kristi C says

    09/06/2018 at 4:06 am

    I changed the batteries last month.

  41. Julieh says

    09/05/2018 at 8:00 pm

    I have checked them now.

  42. Brittany Lemmen says

    09/05/2018 at 7:33 pm

    yes I just checked them because one of them started beeping

  43. Suzanne says

    09/05/2018 at 7:18 pm

    Yes, but it’s nearly time again.

  44. John H. says

    09/05/2018 at 1:28 pm

    We check twice a year.

  45. Jennifer H. says

    09/05/2018 at 1:10 pm

    We check at day light savings time.

  46. DanielM says

    09/05/2018 at 10:36 am

    yes we checked them a few weeks ago

  47. jessica noah says

    09/04/2018 at 9:54 pm

    i have not

  48. Jane McGregor says

    09/04/2018 at 8:36 pm

    I check them every spring and fall!

  49. Alexandra Y says

    09/04/2018 at 7:42 pm

    I haven’t but this is a reminder!

  50. Zachary Peel says

    09/04/2018 at 2:16 pm

    I just did it.

  51. susan smoaks says

    09/04/2018 at 5:20 am

    i check them when i change the clocks for daylight savings time. both spring forward and fall back.

  52. Jeanne White says

    09/03/2018 at 10:22 pm

    No, I haven’t; however, this is a very good reminder to do so pronto!

  53. Karen Gonyea says

    09/03/2018 at 7:47 pm

    I check every Memorial Day and Halloween 🙂

  54. Anonymous says

    09/03/2018 at 12:31 pm

    OH WAIT….we have two smoke alarms and only one carbon monoxide detector ..the carbon one is upstairs in the kitchen area, plugged into the wall (We tried batteries but it used them up way too fast)

  55. Sab Edwards says

    09/03/2018 at 12:27 pm

    The one upstairs is battery and the one downstairs is hard wired. We check every oct.

  56. Cynthia McCourt says

    09/02/2018 at 8:52 pm

    We check ours every daylight savings time.

  57. elizabeth miller says

    09/02/2018 at 1:49 pm

    I always think about checking the smoke detectors but I do forget to test the carbon monoxide ones. I am sure they are due to be replaced.

  58. Kari says

    09/02/2018 at 9:08 am

    No. We have not check our alarms lately. Thanks for the reminder!

  59. Heather Menendez says

    09/01/2018 at 6:23 pm

    I need to here at my parents house.

  60. cyndi br says

    09/01/2018 at 9:44 am

    yes I just checked them because one of them started beeping

  61. Jennifer Reed says

    09/01/2018 at 12:09 am

    No, I have not checked my alarms recently but I should.

  62. Marilyn Nawara says

    08/31/2018 at 7:41 pm

    No, replacing all of them is on my list of things to do.

  63. jenny says

    08/31/2018 at 7:58 am

    I actually checked ours a few days ago and they definitely need to be replaced and updated!

  64. Tina W says

    08/30/2018 at 11:43 pm

    I checked my alarms recently when a large wildfire started east of us (then about about 10 days later when one started to the west!)

  65. Jaclyn Anne says

    08/29/2018 at 5:04 pm

    Thank you for the reminder – it has been too long since we checked ours. I bet it is time to replace it!

  66. M. L. says

    08/28/2018 at 9:25 pm

    No, but we are getting a new one. We were lucky because several years back wee had a Co2 scare and didn’t have a monitor…it was discovered completely by accident.

  67. Ann Fantom says

    08/28/2018 at 6:34 pm

    No, but I will after reading your blog post

  68. Wendy R. says

    08/26/2018 at 6:59 pm

    No, we’re bad, our alarms haven’t been checked.

  69. Julie Bickham says

    08/26/2018 at 1:17 pm

    No, I am know thanks to you reminding me too!

  70. Antoinette M says

    08/25/2018 at 8:08 pm

    Yep, 3 months ago.

  71. Susan Christy says

    08/25/2018 at 7:30 pm

    I checked them in the spring.

  72. Charlene S. says

    08/25/2018 at 5:15 pm

    I checked them last month.

  73. Dana says

    08/25/2018 at 9:30 am

    I don’t have any

  74. Felicia Lockamy says

    08/25/2018 at 12:11 am

    My son and I check yearly

  75. beth shepherd says

    08/24/2018 at 6:08 pm

    We check them every year on Thanksgiving. I think we should prob check them more often tho. Thank you

  76. mary chapman says

    08/24/2018 at 5:49 pm

    No, I need to! Thank you for the reminder 🙂

  77. Shelby Gil says

    08/24/2018 at 11:36 am

    We just moved into our new house- we new ones!

  78. ELIZABETH C. says

    08/24/2018 at 11:14 am

    I actually haven’t checked but this is a good reminder!

  79. kathy Persons says

    08/24/2018 at 10:38 am

    In June

  80. Holly C. says

    08/24/2018 at 7:31 am

    yes we replaced ours recently, but really need at least one more downstairs by the gas fireplace

  81. David Basile says

    08/24/2018 at 5:27 am

    Did it a few months back

  82. Julien U. says

    08/23/2018 at 10:52 pm

    No, I haven’t any one but I may need it soon!

  83. Derek Miller says

    08/23/2018 at 8:27 pm

    I have checked my alarms recently. They work when tested but their age still concerns me a little at times…

  84. harolde says

    08/23/2018 at 7:12 pm

    I haven’t in a while, but I just did thanks for reminding me.

  85. Rob Brown says

    08/23/2018 at 6:49 pm

    I check them when I set the clocks ahead and back

  86. richard barr says

    08/23/2018 at 6:25 pm

    we check our alarms every 4 months

  87. Anne Higgins says

    08/23/2018 at 5:03 pm

    A spider had created a small web in one of our smoke detectors a couple days ago. Found this out when taking it apart – so, got busy dusting/vacuuming and checking the battery backup of the others – need a new carbon-monoxide alarm, so this prize would be terrific!

  88. Denise Sachs says

    08/23/2018 at 5:00 pm

    No, I haven’t and I need to soon .

  89. barbg says

    08/23/2018 at 4:28 pm

    We check them every 6 months but they usually will start being noisey before that even so we have to change the batteries.

  90. Kathy Hanley says

    08/23/2018 at 4:03 pm

    I recently checked one but need to check one that is in our garage.

  91. Jacquelyn Cannon says

    08/23/2018 at 3:42 pm

    Yes within the last 7 days.

  92. Donna Clifford says

    08/23/2018 at 3:15 pm

    Yes, within the past 3 months

  93. Diane says

    08/23/2018 at 2:52 pm

    Yes

  94. Robert T says

    08/23/2018 at 2:41 pm

    I have not checked my smoke detectors recently. I don’t own carbon monoxide detectors, thought my wife has been advising me to obtain one.

  95. Christine Yvonne Groce says

    08/23/2018 at 2:24 pm

    No, and I really need to. There is really no excuse for not doing it.

  96. Shannon Baas says

    08/23/2018 at 2:00 pm

    The company that provides my housing checks them monthly.

  97. Margaret Smith says

    08/23/2018 at 11:41 am

    We check them during daylight savings.

  98. Abigail Gibson says

    08/23/2018 at 11:30 am

    I rent but I should be proactive and check them anyway even though the landlord should do it.

  99. Adrienne Gordon says

    08/23/2018 at 11:24 am

    Just last weekend I did.

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