fire alarm??
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Because fire alarms only care about particle density, it is very possible that a concentrated vapor exhale could trigger a fire alarm. I don't have an easily attainable fire detector to test, but this one seems like it would be easy to prove or disprove.
Most smoke detectors that you will see are either radioactive (residential) or photoelectric (commercial buildings). Anything that blocks enough light will set off a commercial detector, so if you blow a big cloud right into it, it'll go off.
Casual use won't do it, so you are generally safe vaping around them.
I was pretty damn nervous the first few times vaping in my new data room. Setting off the fire suppression system in there would have been BAD. But the vapor density by the time it makes it to the ceiling is just too low, even if I'm chaining.
Casual use won't do it, so you are generally safe vaping around them.
I was pretty damn nervous the first few times vaping in my new data room. Setting off the fire suppression system in there would have been BAD. But the vapor density by the time it makes it to the ceiling is just too low, even if I'm chaining.
From what I've read, testing this theory in an airplane bathroom is a BAD idea. LOL!
But yeah, what they said. Unless you're trying to set off an alarm, you're safe as houses.
But yeah, what they said. Unless you're trying to set off an alarm, you're safe as houses.
residential smoke detectors aren't radioactive, they are either ionization reaction, or photo-electric, most are photo-electric, and they dont work by having light blocked out, they work by having light reflected by the smoke into the sensor, anything that would allow you to see the beam of a laser would set off a smoke detector. so yes if the vapor was thick enough by the time it reached the smoke detector it would set it off.
Yes, setting off the fire suppression system in a data center would be very bad. More so if you have that killer fire suppressor, Halon. We have that in my data center. That would be no bueno! I am afraid to use my pv in there.
I imagine you have to stand about 3 or 4 inches from it blowing a directly puff into an alarm to set it off...
Most home fire detectors will be set off by steam from the shower, as well as vaping fairly close to it. When I moved into my house, and finished the basement bathroom in my "man cave" I unfortunately set off my alarm after taking a shower one day and opening the bathroom door. The alarm was placed by the previous owner right outside the door. If I'm vaping right next to the door, I can occasionally set it off. I've just been too lazy to move the thing. ;P
beecee i use my PV in our data center all the time we have a FM200 system (similar to halon) and have yet to have any problems. it is based off of heat sensors not smoke.
Heh. Our fire suppressant is... water.
All the equipment for the 911 system and countywide radio dispatch is in that room, so a trip is going to run into the low millions. I don't imagine that it has a hair trigger.
Still, the first few times were a bit tense.
All the equipment for the 911 system and countywide radio dispatch is in that room, so a trip is going to run into the low millions. I don't imagine that it has a hair trigger.
Still, the first few times were a bit tense.
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