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Old 04-14-2017, 04:02 AM   #21
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I may be wrong but propane emits CO when it burns not when there is any leak that can empty your tank.
Anyway like I said I am not an expert, glad you are safe and everything is under control.

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You are correct, Lou. There is no carbon monoxide in a propane tank.

Donna,
It is possible that when your propane tank was almost empty and the pressure was very low, your stove and/or furnace was not burning at the proper air/fuel mixture resulting in incomplete combustion. This is probably what caused the build up of carbon monoxide.

Normally the alarm goes off well before an critical danger level. Evacuating is the safest option, however you could have turned off your furnace and opened your windows. But if your boat is nearby - that's where I'd be heading as well.
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Old 04-14-2017, 06:23 AM   #23
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The propane company and fire dept. seem to be in agreement with the theory it is possible the source could have been the lit pilot on the fireplace. I have an electric heat pump and air conditioner here in Florida. Only my stove and fireplace are propane. I never fill my tank this time of year, so that was a red flag too.

Underground large propane tanks are common here.
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Old 04-14-2017, 07:37 AM   #24
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around an underground propane tank - I had no idea that was "a thing"!

Yep. Ours is 500 gallons...

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Old 04-14-2017, 09:19 AM   #25
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Underground large propane tanks are common here.
I've never lived where natural gas wasn't available. I did see in rural areas of NC though a lot of propane tanks beside homes. I'm sure in your area, codes require underground. I know where we are, any fuel tank must be underground.
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For many folks in Earthquake country, the boat is the emergency plan for when "the big one" hits and so a lot of people keep their boats stocked. (sounds like the same goes in Hurricane country.) Part of many plans is to go through the food annually and make sure everything is still in date and anything getting to the end of its shelf life goes in the food drive barrels. Unfortunately with earthquakes there is no chance to clear bread and milk from every grocery store in the vicinity beforehand. I used to live in NC and have done some pre-hurricane shopping.

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Old 04-15-2017, 09:43 AM   #27
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Maybe the CO alarm is triggered by propane gas also? Once I got a call from a marina neighbor, an alarm on my boat was beeping, I rushed over with all sort of boat disasters going through my mind, when I got there I found the battery charger on the blink and the two 8D batteries boiling away. There was no strong smell of gas but that is the only cause I found for the alarm to sound. I shut down the charger, aired out the boat and all was OK. It never occurred again. Mine was a combination CO/smoke alarm.
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Old 04-15-2017, 09:50 AM   #28
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I was thinking a couple hundred pounds of rice and flour, not that I know what to do with flour. I use to have a list of items that would sustain me and my family for one year. I'm not so paranoid these days
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