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why didn't my smoke alarms go off?

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Saffy:

--- Quote from: Mutz on October 04, 2009, 19:18:30 ---get a ciggy and try blowing smoke gently into them, or you can buy "canned smoke" to test them, electrical wholesalers should keep it in stock.

Battery only ones arent that good, advise getting a local sparky to give you quote for mains with battery back up.

If you cant get a can of smoke let me know and i will get you a can.

Graham

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Thx, I'll see what I can do, there's a few wholesalers around here.

Ridgeback:
I got some from B&Q about a year ago and I think I paid extra for ones that are not sensitive to cooking smoke.
Not sure what that means but if you burn something and it smokes a lot then they do go off. They are better then what I had before because the old ones went off as soon as you open the oven door.

Suvvey:
I'll swap you yours for mine! Bloody things go off if i leave the door a jar when having a shower :shock:

Gordo:
Give your local fire station a ring (no, don't call 999  :roll:) and someone will come round and fit some new alarms FOC.

I've got two brand new ones with a red flashing light to say they're working, and the new technology apparently means that steam and light cooking smoke won't set them off, but a proper fire will.

They make enough noise to wake the dead too...

hairyasswelder:

--- Quote from: Mutz on October 04, 2009, 19:18:30 ---get a ciggy and try blowing smoke gently into them, or you can buy "canned smoke" to test them, electrical wholesalers should keep it in stock.

Battery only ones arent that good, advise getting a local sparky to give you quote for mains with battery back up.

If you cant get a can of smoke let me know and i will get you a can.

Graham

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Buy a candle, let it burn and then blow it out....... the smoke from the burning wick SHOULD set the alarm off  ;) Waft it with the newspaper to stop it  ;)

Ciggy smoke should NOT set older alarms off as we were once allowed to smoke in our own homes  :lol: :lol: :lol:

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