Tried charcoal burning - didn't work

[tomkc1979]

I set light to 2 disposable barbecues (400g of lumpwood charcoal in each). When the flames had died down I placed them in my boot on paving stones, opened one of the back seats a few inches and sat in the driver seat with the doors and windows closed. I drank 2 bottles of wine and some cider, took 2 sleeping tablets and drifted off to sleep.

I woke up in the same position 4 hours later feeling fine - how disappointing! I went to hospital the next day and my blood CO level was only 9.1%.

I'm still alive and my car stinks, which is annoying.

Any ideas what might have went wrong? I don't think I opened that back seat enough, which effectively trapped the air in the boot, which might have meant the oxygen in the boot depleted and the barbecues went out.

When I reclined the drivers seat I think I might also have pushed the back seat even more closed.

 

[roommate]

Hope you are relatively doing okay :)

 

[Quietist]

If I were going to try that I think would use a tent, and seal it as tightly as possible.

And I'd add more charcoal bricks.

Even a bed tent might work, if you wanted to set it up in your own bedroom:

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Can you explain what you mean when you say you put them in your "boot"?

 

[tomkc1979]

If I were going to try that I think would use a tent, and seal it as tightly as possible.

And I'd add more charcoal bricks.

Even a bed tent might work, if you wanted to set it up in your own bedroom:

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Thanks, think I've gone off the idea now though. It's a lot of work / planning and finding somewhere to light the barbecues without drawing attention to yourself is tricky. And not guaranteed success obviously. I need something easier to implement and with a great chance of success. Partial hanging is probably the way to go.

 

[Douggy82]

I went to hospital the next day and my blood CO level was only 9.1%.

Did you tell them what happened? CO levels don't seem like something they would check on their own.

 

[MatrixPrisoner]

How did you explain the possible cause of CO blood toxicity to the hospital doctors without revealing an obvious suicide attempt?

 

[tomkc1979]

I just said I had a barbecue and then put them in my car afterwards without realising the danger. They did ask if it was an attempt to which I said no. They're generally too busy to ask too many questions.

Can you explain what you mean when you say you put them in your "boot"?

Trunk/Boot/Cat storage space

Can you explain what you mean when you say you put them in your "boot"?

Trunk/Boot/Cat storage space

 

[kurgan]

I set light to 2 disposable barbecues (400g of lumpwood charcoal in each). When the flames had died down I placed them in my boot on paving stones, opened one of the back seats a few inches and sat in the driver seat with the doors and windows closed. I drank 2 bottles of wine and some cider, took 2 sleeping tablets and drifted off to sleep.

I woke up in the same position 4 hours later feeling fine - how disappointing! I went to hospital the next day and my blood CO level was only 9.1%.

I'm still alive and my car stinks, which is annoying.

Any ideas what might have went wrong? I don't think I opened that back seat enough, which effectively trapped the air in the boot, which might have meant the oxygen in the boot depleted and the barbecues went out.

When I reclined the drivers seat I think I might also have pushed the back seat even more closed.

Simply, you didn't use enough charcoal.