Gas monitor is a device that detects the presence of various gases within an area, usually as part of safety system. This type of equipment is used to detect a gas leak and interface with a control system so a process can be automatically shut down.
There are several dangerous gases that are used in houses or at work places. It is important to monitor the gas levels at places of work or at domestic places. It is a common conception that gas monitors are only suitable in the mining industries and other industries where there is a manufacturing of various hazardous chemicals.
With so many technological equipments around us, there is a need of various harmful gases for their work. Gas monitors can be used to detect combustible, flammable and toxic gases as well as oxygen depletion. It is best to use in fire fighting. Monitoring of gas is very important as workers safety and safety at home should not be taken as granted. A gas detector can also sound an alarm to operators in the area where the leak is occurring, giving them the opportunity to leave the area.
Gas monitors are usually battery operated. They transmit warnings via a series of audible and visible signals such as alarms and flashing lights, when dangerous levels of gas vapors are detected. Gas monitors are of two types, one is the fixed type or the devices that are permanently installed in areas deemed to be the areas prone to danger. The other type is the portable type which are issued to individual workers so they can bring it anywhere they go in their assigned work areas where there is the danger of oxygen deficiency or toxic gas exposure.
The implementation of safety must be viewed as investments rather than needless expenses as they are of utmost importance.