Do you use natural gas in your home? If so then you may be worried about a potential gas leak and how you would know if this occurred. Many people use natural gas in their homes for cooking, heating water, heating air, and more. The gas is made of methane, which is very flammable. Only in rare circumstances does a natural gas leak occur inside a home. However, it is possible and it has happened and when it does it is very dangerous. That is because the risk of an explosion or fire occurring is magnified. Natural gas by itself is odorless, so people can’t smell it to detect danger. As a result, the gas company adds a sulfur based compound to make the gas smell like rotten eggs. This way, if there is a leak people will smell it ad recognize it fairly quickly. This smell is not always recognizable to everyone, however, so it is important to have a gas detector in your home to detect a gas leak at any time. There are many manufacturers of gas detectors, like RAE Systems, that are capable of detecting natural gas. One of these systems in the Minirae and it is capable of detecting many other gases as well.