Just have a question, could e-cig vapor being exhaled cause smoke detectors to alarm?
e-cigs vapor and smoke detectors
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Not that I have noticed. I stood under various ones in my house and blew the vapor directly into them...nothing
What about the ones they have in hotels, airplanes, etc., that are supposed to detect smoking?
As a commercial pilot, I'm curious. Though my initial impressions would be negative. I think you could vape all day in an aircraft's lavatory.
Anyone with personal experience?
Anyone with personal experience?
There was an old post about setting off the detector in an airplane bathroom. I don't remember the title or any details and it is easily 6 months old, but I remember the part about the alarm going off pretty clearly.
Though it would be nice to have one during those long international flights, my main concern is during hotel stays. I hate having to go outside to smoke, so when I get my kit in, it would be great if I didn't have to do that anymore.
I wouldn't worry about hotels. In fact I have vaped up a storm in hotel rooms and never had a problem (I am still too chicken to vape on a plane so I chew gum). I think the airplane bathroom story included blowing vaper right at the detector. I am sure its still in the Travel section. You should check there for more stories.
Added a link to the Travel sub-forum:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/travel-e-cig/
Added a link to the Travel sub-forum:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/travel-e-cig/
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There are 2 types of smoke detectors for most applications - ionization detectors and photoelectric detectors. Without getting into too much detail on how each one works, if you hold your drag to where you don't have a visible exhale of vapor, you should be fine with a photoelectric detector. If you're using an autobat and take a primer puff, you could be in trouble with sensitive ones as in airplanes. I can't testify to the effect of PG or VG (which is essentially the lion's share of the antagonist for either version of smoke detection) as I don't know how they react to an ionization chamber.
PG based liquid should set off most smoke alarms (in sufficient quantity), it's basically the same as smoke fluid from disco / theatrical / club smoke / fog / haze machines, which do set them off.
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