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GrantMyWish

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Im thinking of buying this co meter.How much ppm do i need at least to ensure a peaceful death using the charcoal method
 
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Lookingforabus

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Depends on how quickly you want to die... and what sources you believe. I've read that 800 PPM kills in two to three hours, 12,000 PPM within 3 minutes.

The CDC says that the low lethal concentration in humans is 4,000 or 5,000 PPM, while the BSI and OSI have different numbers:

The British Standards Institution (BSI 1989) published the following concentration–time combinations as lethal exposures to CO (used for hazard estimation in fires): 40,000 ppm × 2 min, 16,000 ppm × 5 min, 8,000 ppm × 10 min, 3,000 ppm × 30 min and 1,500 ppm × 60 min. The International Standard Organization (ISO) published lethal exposure concentrations of 12,000-16,000 ppm for 5 min and 2,500-4,000 ppm for 30 min (for an adult engaged in light activity)
 
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Yaalya

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At 10000 ppm CO, one should be unconscious in a few breaths, this value is also recommended in PPH. this value is also my goal, but i do not know how many grams of coal you need for a cubic meter.

I'm waiting for my meter to finally test. I would recommend a "tpi 707 carbon monoxide analyzer" because it can measure up to 10000 ppm, and if you live in the US, it should only be a little more expensive than your linked meter (it only measures 999ppm if I understood it correctly, which does not justify the price )
 
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Jun 19, 2019
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Depends on how quickly you want to die... and what sources you believe. I've read that 800 PPM kills in two to three hours, 12,000 PPM within 3 minutes.

The CDC says that the low lethal concentration in humans is 4,000 or 5,000 PPM, while the BSI and OSI have different numbers:

The British Standards Institution (BSI 1989) published the following concentration–time combinations as lethal exposures to CO (used for hazard estimation in fires): 40,000 ppm × 2 min, 16,000 ppm × 5 min, 8,000 ppm × 10 min, 3,000 ppm × 30 min and 1,500 ppm × 60 min. The International Standard Organization (ISO) published lethal exposure concentrations of 12,000-16,000 ppm for 5 min and 2,500-4,000 ppm for 30 min (for an adult engaged in light activity)
That is so much more than in other researches?! And few of them say that their numbers are made too high.