Smoke detectors at home?

[syscom3]

Originally Posted by davparlr

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Lanc, it doesn't sound good to have a smoke alarm on a lighting circuit. You lose power and protection when the light is off. Also, I am not in favor of smoke alarms powered by house power. An electrical fire may cause power to be lost.

It might even be against local fire codes to have a fire detection device on house power without a battery backup.

[k9kiwi]

Lanc.

I agree with everyone elses comments, although if it had a rechargeable battery for power down scenarios and a test circuit for battery health, it could be ok, knind of expensive option though I would think.

Amortise the cheap battery power cost plus a new battery every 6 months for 5 years against the price of that widget.

PBFoot.

Helmets on push bikes? When I was growing up we just used our head.

Always wear a condom over your barrel when its wet. It stops rust.

[mosquitoman]

1 in every room except kitchen, don't know about batteries- I only moved in yesterday

[cheddar cheese]

1 up, 1 down...both working as far as I know.

[lesofprimus]

Now might be a good time to test fire those detectors fellas... Batteries do run out/die from time to time, and a quick test will verify....

[mosquitoman]

the one in the living room works- just set it off makimng a curry

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i believe the most pressing issue here is why, unless you were making it in the living room, did the curry in the kitchen set the living room one off?

[mosquitoman]

curry in the kitchen, currently in my mouth