Easiest way to learn about Gas Detectors and Monitors

Which is the easiest way to learn about Gas Detectors and Monitors? Well you may think the easiest way is to go to YouTube and see if you can get to see some useful videos about it. But then that is time consuming and even after watching several of them, you can be sure that you will not know even 60% of the subject. Then what is next best? Surf the internet or visit a few LinkedIn groups? Frankly that's not the easiest way to learn. Besides on places like LinkedIn, you can never be sure that you are getting the correct information from experts. Why? Because the real experts are busy designing or selecting, installing and using Gas Monitors, not whiling away time on LinkedIn!
So the best way is to go for an online training course on Gas Monitors, which has been made by experts and used by hundreds of engineers and technicians all over the world. You can also get certified on passing the exam and get an electronic badge that shows the world that you are a pro when it comes to Gas Monitors.

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Hot work permit without a gas test!

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Recently the US Chemical Safety Board released a video animation of the sequence of events at a DuPont facility near Buffalo,NY that had an accident due to hot work being carried out on a storage tank that still had explosive vapors. Surprisingly the workers who carried out the hot work were issued a mandatory "hot work" permit WITHOUT carrying out any gas test ! (A gas test is a test that is carried out to ascertain the presence of an explosive gas before allowing hot work such as welding or cutting inside a plant).This negligence unfortunately caused the accident. It could have been easily prevented had a Gas Monitor been used.

The CSB has posted an animated video that details the incident. watch it below.

Dangers of H2S gas-Use a personal gas monitor

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Hydrogen Sulfide gas (H2S gas)is commonly encountered in many industrial facilities especially those in the Oil and Gas industry and petrochemicals production. It is commonly referred to as "Sour gas" in oilfields. Is it hazardous? You betcha! Reportedly the most deaths in the Oil and Gas industry have occurred till date are due to H2S. But if your only plan to survive it is by smelling it and running off in the other direction, then re-work your strategy!

Hydrogen Sulfide gas does have a smell, similar to eggs gone bad (rotten eggs) but the human nose can get sensitized very fast. So though one can smell it in lower concentrations, if the smell goes away, it does not mean that the gas has gone away-it simply means that the nose has stopped detecting it, though the concentration may be increasing!
Unbelievable but true- so the only great way to work in areas that may have H2S is not to trust your nose, but have a personal toxic gas monitor. If you have no idea of how to select one and use and calibrate it, then have a look at the online gas monitor training here. You will find it to be useful and a life saver!