Kidde KN-COEG-3 Nighthawk Plug-In Carbon Monoxide and Explosive Gas Alarm with Battery Backup
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Kidde KN-COEG-3 Nighthawk Plug-In Carbon Monoxide and Explosive Gas Alarm with Battery Backup
Customer Review: False Alarm Device is what this is
Summary: 1 Stars
This things has caused too much panic. Gas alarm was going crazy so I rush home, have the kids and wife with the doors open in the sub zero temps and find out that the gas was going off due to my wife cooking with wine. Oh yes, this was the second and final false alarm. First time was after the fire department showed up and found nothing. Found out that a Lysol spray during cleaning set it off. (just google similar questions)
DON"T get these multi-sensor alarms. Stick with the CO2 only.
Oh, and calling Kidde got me to someone saying the unit was defective, and I should send it back for replacement. They would not even offer to cross ship, so the company thats trying to sell products to save my life is ok with me not having their product while I ship it back. The irony!
Customer Review: False Alarm after making Coffee?!?!
Summary: 1 Stars
We started getting false GAS alarms after having the detector for about 6 months. We originally bought it thinking it would be twice as good as a carbon monoxide detector. We carefully mounted the detector in a place away from gas appliances, although we did not mount it close to the ceiling which is recommended for detecting gas. (We chose a mid-location so that it would detect CO quicker, and have another CO detector in the basement.) Just this morning it gave another false alarm at 6am just after I made coffee -with an electric coffe maker. No one else was even awake - until the alarm went off, then the whole house was up and the baby and preschooler were freaked out. I wish I had read all the false alarm reviews before purchasing.Customer Review: False Alarms
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this item for a home we purchased last summer. It worked fine for about 9 months until we started getting false alarms for Explosive Gas (as others have noted). We also called the gas company and they did not detect any leaks. Enough odorant is added to natural gas that one can smell it--during the false alarms, we didn't smell anything. The alarm is VERY loud and will wake you, which is reassuring. We're switching to a CO model only and giving this model to my dad for use in his home in Mexico which may not have the same code requirements as homes in the US.Customer Review: False Alarms
Summary: 1 Stars
I too get false alarms with this detector. It alarms when my wife uses hair spray. It is very annoying.Customer Review: False Alarms
Summary: 2 Stars
We've had this unit since 2007. Up until recently it seemed to be working fine (no false alarms). Lately, however, we get false alarms repeatedly. When we cook with any type of wine or vermuth we have to unplug the unit or it will sound. Just as others attest, this unit will sound if anyone passes gas near it. It also sounds when you use hand sanitizer anywhere in its vicinity. I am contacting Kidde to see if they will exchange it for just the CO2 product.