I'll tell ya they killed a lot of people back then. These Kero heaters STILL kill a lot of people. I was in the HVAC/refer industry for a number of years, and DO NOT recommend unvented heaters except in rare cases, like shops or construction areas.
Yup. Push on soft rubber hose, manually lighted, no pilot and no safety, and no vent.
You get that in a small little bedroom, doors and windows closed, it's a tragedy waiting to happen.
Heres the thing: A properly adjusted gas heater DOES NOT produce CO. But if you put one in this situation, the air starts to turn more and more CO2 from the burning heater, and pretty soon, the heater IS producing CO because it's effectively getting less air.
Meanwhile, the victim, having fallen asleep and now peacefully REALLY "out of it" due to a high CO2 level, just won't ever wake once the CO starts
There's many many documented cases of this. In this area, it is illegal to put ANY gas appliance in a bedroom, unless it's "so big" AND it MUST have a sealed burner with "outdoor air" for combustion intake.
In my service life, I've also run into a number of dangerous situations with VENTED appliances
example (I've seen three of these)
Very small house, small bathroom, has gas water heater in small closet in bathroom, no outdoor air.
Person goes into bathroom, closes door, takes nice long hot steamy shower, but has vent blower on.
VENT BLOWER and heavy steamy air causes gas heater to NOT vent, it fires up and spills vent gases right out the diverter and into the bathroom.
I don't know WHY it is so difficult to convince people that these things can be a problem
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