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Smoke alarms

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Re: Smoke alarms

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Postby csearle » May 23rd, 2021, 8:24 pm

bungeejumper wrote:The old ionisation ones had hardware (slightly radioactive, IIRC) that doesn't do much once it gets beyond its half-life.
Mind you the half-life is about 3000 years. ;)

Whoever suggested snapping in a heat alarm instead is probably on the money.

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Re: Smoke alarms

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Postby UncleEbenezer » May 23rd, 2021, 9:32 pm

Thanks all for the thoughts. I have at least one more thing to look out for: avoid anything that's going to chirrup at me! Unless at the very least it also does something to help identify where the chirrup is coming from, and has a simple and obvious remedy (like, change a battery).

Ideal would be a smoke alarm that does go off if I burn something (like toast, though I don't make that myself) but not if I'm just frying or crisping something. That's probably a big ask, but perhaps something might exist where I can pre-emptively tell it to be less sensitive when I'm cooking and not leaving the kitchen?


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