I just moved into an apartment in Chicago. It is an old building with a gas stove and gas heating. This afternoon I came home and noticed a strong gas smell, so I switched off the gas to the stove, opened all the windows and turned on a box fan to draw in outside air. I noticed the pilot lights on the stove had switched off. The landlord said the smell was because the pilot lights were off and he relit them. When he relit them one was burning orange instead of blue and there was still a smell so I've switched the gas off again.I've had a look around the apartment and can't see any smoke alarm or CO detector. Is this illegal in Illinois?Is there someone who can test levels of gas and CO in my apartment, preferably for free?And, right now I have all the windows open and the fan going, and the gas to the stove is switched off. I should be okay to sleep in here, right?
Yes, what you need is a detector which works by rate of rise. In other words it monitors the temperature and not smoke, if it detects a rapid rise in temperature it is activated but not affected by smoke at all.
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