Our landlord has had the hardwired ones (they include Carbon Monoxide monitors) in both flats linked
so have to be careful
so have to be careful
Help! I've set off my smoke alarm!
- Thread starter ScottishVaper1o87
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
I've set one off with one tiny, well timed MTL puff as I was adjusting the thermostat. I was startled because of the oh, 20 smoke alarms our FHA loan people made us put in the dang house (to be fair, it was being flipped by a rather well known and connected Mexican substance distributor, NONE of the 20 THEY installed in the house went off during our house fire. LOL. Only the one that came with the original home did.
I was like, that thing works, but only on VAPOR?
Fans and air purifiers can help with this, and yes you can cover yours with a shower cap or whatever. I'm not so into that solution because like, I'm the type of person who would forget to take it off after vaping.
Also, I was not the one who set the housefire, let me be very clear about that. The husband did it when he finished a cigarette and it rolled into a crack between the front "porch" (I loosely call it) and it caught the underside of the house on fire. He was kind of lucky the whole place didn't torch and it certainly uncovered a bunch of "creative remodeling."
As someone who has lived through a house fire, even without losing everything be careful. The process sucks, you will be out of your home approximately a year, and finally, the "insurance" never covers everything and you will have to pay out of pocket while waiting for insurance checks some of which will be "held" by the mortgage company until you are DONE, while contractors want payment up front and your insurance company WILL NOT CARE about the balance and interest on your credit cards.
I do not recommend it.
Anna
I was like, that thing works, but only on VAPOR?
Fans and air purifiers can help with this, and yes you can cover yours with a shower cap or whatever. I'm not so into that solution because like, I'm the type of person who would forget to take it off after vaping.
Also, I was not the one who set the housefire, let me be very clear about that. The husband did it when he finished a cigarette and it rolled into a crack between the front "porch" (I loosely call it) and it caught the underside of the house on fire. He was kind of lucky the whole place didn't torch and it certainly uncovered a bunch of "creative remodeling."
As someone who has lived through a house fire, even without losing everything be careful. The process sucks, you will be out of your home approximately a year, and finally, the "insurance" never covers everything and you will have to pay out of pocket while waiting for insurance checks some of which will be "held" by the mortgage company until you are DONE, while contractors want payment up front and your insurance company WILL NOT CARE about the balance and interest on your credit cards.
I do not recommend it.
Anna
this happened to me (again) just the other day. funny thing is it must of been just one puff under the alarm because the alarm that went off was in a hallway.
you can get alarms that go off according to heat, rather than alarms that go off when smoke is obscuring a light sensor. but these alarms r best suited for the areas where fires start, like above the stove or above outlets.
you can get alarms that go off according to heat, rather than alarms that go off when smoke is obscuring a light sensor. but these alarms r best suited for the areas where fires start, like above the stove or above outlets.
I have a smoke detector in the hallway. When I vape in my bedroom and the door is open it sets off the alarm. So I have my bedroom door closed most of the time now days, to prevent it from happening.
Please, please let us know if you set one off especially if the neighbors freak out!!
I did breifly open the door at the time it happened, then quickly closed it. Some vapour probably escaped, setting the alarm off.
Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk
I've tried to purposely set of my smoke alarms by taking a chair getting in close and an exhaling as much as I could from a distance of a few inches. Never managed and the alarm is quite new, less than 2 years. The toaster does set it off from a distance of about 15 feet before I can even see the smoke. So I have the ionisation type as per following text (has the Radioactivity Symbol, no photoelectric. all good
"""@Rangertrix If your smoke detector is a photoelectric type you can cover the eye that 'watches' for smoke.
Ionization detectors have a chamber with a reference sample, and another chamber open to the current air in the room. It compares the two and triggers an alarm based on the comparison.
Most newer ones use both, unless it's a REALLY cheap one.""
"""@Rangertrix If your smoke detector is a photoelectric type you can cover the eye that 'watches' for smoke.
Ionization detectors have a chamber with a reference sample, and another chamber open to the current air in the room. It compares the two and triggers an alarm based on the comparison.
Most newer ones use both, unless it's a REALLY cheap one.""
Last edited:
Smoke alarms? Those things that make me look for crickets and wake me @ 3am? Rather have a smart dog. And I'm a non pet person.
- Status
Similar threads
