On 18 February, a tragedy occurred in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia! A white car was parked on the side of the road, and someone found that the two people sitting in the car were motionless, and they felt that the situation was not right, and immediately called the police.
Unfortunately, when the car door was opened, the two had no vital signs. According to the preliminary investigation results of the police, the car was equipped with firewood heaters, and the two were suspected of causing nitric oxide poisoning when using firewood heaters to heat.
The police will further investigate whether the heating equipment is faulty or leaking to determine the specific cause of death of the deceased.
Some netizens expressed their incomprehension that the car itself is equipped with air conditioning, which can provide heating, why should it be equipped with firewood heating!
Referring to this problem, let's first understand what is heating?
Diesel heater, also known as parking heater, is a heater that uses diesel as raw material. However, this kind of heating equipment is not brought by the original car, and most of them are installed by the drivers themselves.
So, what are the benefits of installing heating? First of all, it must be low in cost, compared with the air heating of automobile air conditioning, the fuel consumption rate of diesel heating is much lower. When the fuel consumption is low, the cost of use is naturally low.
Secondly, the air heater of the car can only be used while driving, while the diesel heater can also be used when the car is turned off.
Then there is its installation cost is also very low, the installation is relatively simple and convenient, on some shopping websites, three or four hundred yuan can buy a diesel heating equipment, and after receiving, you can install it yourself.
In addition, there are many models suitable for diesel heating, such as buses, commercial vehicles, RVs, engineering vehicles, trucks, trucks, etc., which are especially popular among truck drivers. Not only oil-burning cars can be installed, but electric vehicles can also be retrofitted.
I checked it on the Internet, and the sales of this kind of heating equipment are very hot, and many sales are in the tens of thousands, or even more than 100,000 transactions.
This shows that there are not a few drivers who have their own home heating friends, according to the buyer's evaluation feedback, most drivers feel that it heats up quickly, does not occupy an area, and can be installed by themselves or their families.
But because of this, if the driver is not installed properly, or the quality of the purchased firewood heating is not up to standard, it is easy to cause safety accidents.
Every year, because of the use of heating, there are not a few people who cause carbon monoxide poisoning, and the most impressive of them is the Internet celebrity "Xiao Huihui who drives a truck" couple. On December 26, 2018, the husband and wife had a truckload of goods shipped to Tibet, and when they were resting halfway, in order to save money, they did not stay in a hostel, so the husband and wife turned on the firewood on the car and slept in the car.
As a result, when they were found the next day, both of them had no vital signs, leaving behind two young children, who were very pitiful.
The lessons of blood again and again tell everyone that we must pay attention to heating in the car in winter!
When buying heating equipment, you must choose a qualified regular manufacturer, and you must not just try to be cheap.
When installing heating equipment, it is best to go to a regular car service center to install it!
Always have some ventilation space in the windows when in use, and it's best to install a carbon monoxide alarm in the car.
The main thing is that it is better not to spend the night in the car, even if you find a cheaper hotel, and do not take the risk of sleeping in the car.
I hope that the majority of drivers and friends will take this as a warning, always improve safety awareness, and prevent such tragedies from happening again!