godfrog 2 #1 May 25, 2006 Last night I was underground taking gas tests that are routine on this job. I test for NO2, CO, O2 and lower explosive limits on gasses. I returned to the surface and went into the doghouse [lunchroom] and set the gas tester on the table when the alarms started going off. there was a guy cooking a burrito with one of those heating packs from an MRE, I picked up the tester and walked up and setit on the table by the heater package and it immediately climbed to a reading of 252 ppm carbon monoxide! At 40 ppm the alarm sounds and we clear the area to fresh air. pretty bad, hasnt the military realized that these could be potentially hazardous to troops. Carbon monoxide displaces oxygen in the blood stream and has a cumulitive affect.Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #2 May 25, 2006 Not only that, but those heaters also dispense hydrogen as a by-product of the heating process (initiated by adding water to the bag...that simple). So, the gas is also flammable and we in my unit had fun making little boom-boom toys when we were bored. So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #3 May 25, 2006 They'd only be dangerous in a relatively small space with little/no ventilation - sort of the like the afteraffects of eating the burrito! CO is bad, but goes away reasonably fast with exposure to fresh air.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #4 May 25, 2006 QuoteNot only that, but those heaters also dispense hydrogen as a by-product of the heating process (initiated by adding water to the bag...that simple). So, the gas is also flammable and we in my unit had fun making little boom-boom toys when we were bored. I have no knowledge of the effect of crushing two MRE heater packs, adding them to a 1/4 full liter water bottle, then putting the cap on and throwing it. Absolutely no knowledge at all. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vortexring 0 #5 May 25, 2006 'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #6 May 25, 2006 QuoteAbsolutely no knowledge at all. Why, whatever do you mean?So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #7 May 25, 2006 QuoteQuoteAbsolutely no knowledge at all. Why, whatever do you mean? I see you have no knowledge of that, either!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
