Saturday, December 30, 2023

Is Your Smoke / Carbon Monoxide / Gas Detector REALLY Working?

Our Original "Explosive Gas and Carbon Monoxide Alarm"

Do you have one of these or similar “Explosive Gas and Carbon Monoxide Alarms” in your condo, home, or RV? Have you tested it? If it screams when tested, does that mean it really works? Will it actually detect propane, butane, or carbon monoxide? 

When we purchased our condo unit in Puerto Vallarta, we tested our First Alert Gas/Carbon Monoxide alarm, located under the kitchen range, by pushing the Test / Silence button. It set off a horrendous, alarming shriek. We incorrectly assumed that it would detect these harmful, potentially fatal gases. 

We inadvertently put that Gas (Propane) Detector to a true test. I turned a burner on under a pot of water to cook spaghetti noodles. Then Jon and I went outside with glasses of wine to throw the ball for Sophie while we waited for the water to boil.

Thirty minutes later, I went inside to check the pot of water. The flame under the pan had blown out or had never lit, and the apartment was FULL of propane gas! I could smell it, but the Gas Detector had not alerted us. A single spark would have caused an explosion! 

Please read more about how we improved our condo's safety at: 
Retirement Before the Age of 59: Is Your Smoke / Carbon Monoxide / Gas Detector REA...   

Sunday, December 24, 2023

The December 2023 Healthy Living and Traveling in Mexico Newsletter has Been Published!


๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐œ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐! ๐ŸŽ„
¡Feliz Navidad from Terry, Jon, and Sophie!
Click the link below to read more about our last month in Puerto Vallarta, Chacala, and La Penita de Jaltemba. And don't miss the 3-eBook sale on Amazon!
Retirement Before the Age of 59: The December 2023 Newsletter has Been Published! ... 
Merry Christmas!
Terry and Jon
And Jonathan Turrell