I put a regular disposable glove over the alarm to keep it from going off because it keeps detecting smoke, and has gone off a few times. Will it work?
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We have smoke detectors in our home installed by he alarm company. Until 10 years ago my wife and I smoked. She quit and I started vaping. The only time our detector went off was when it failed. The alarm company replaced it and said that the detector had failed. No issues since then.
We also had a standalone carbon monoxide detector that failed while I was out on a late night computer center service call-out. My wife called called 911 and the Fire Department came out. They checked the house for CO and found nothing in the air quality levels and declared the CO sensor at fault.
Photoelectric detectors are better for vapers. Ionization detectors are way too sensitive. At any rate, install it where air flow will reach it as the HVAC moves air around, but where you don't usually vape.
We also had a standalone carbon monoxide detector that failed while I was out on a late night computer center service call-out. My wife called called 911 and the Fire Department came out. They checked the house for CO and found nothing in the air quality levels and declared the CO sensor at fault.
Photoelectric detectors are better for vapers. Ionization detectors are way too sensitive. At any rate, install it where air flow will reach it as the HVAC moves air around, but where you don't usually vape.
It might. Only issue I could see is forgetting to remove it during times you might need it. IDK, attempt.
Anna
Anna
I think it's the other way around. Photoelectric uses a light beam to check if something, anything, even vapor, interrupts the light beam. Ionization types check for actual smoke particles.
Use a small fan to circulate the air and don't try to disable a life-saving device. Also, try exhaling the vapor down towards the floor.
Jerry
Jerry
They both depend on the interruption of either ion flow or the blocking of light hitting a photocell. But, they do use different technologies to achieve a similar result. For vapers it's best if the detector isn't too close to common sitting areas, IMO.
I vape outdoors (don't have a choice... not my house) so don't have to worry about detectors.
I hope that anyone disabling safety devices in a rental is caught by their landlord and is evicted immediately. If there is a problem with safety devices they should be reported to the landlord so they can be repaired. Disabling a fire or smoke detector is idiotic.
Agreed, Magnum XL condoms are a better choice than gloves.
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Why in the world would you want to disable a safety device that would protect you, others and property ?
(I will add too that depending on where you are, that just might be illegal .)
(I will add too that depending on where you are, that just might be illegal .)
I want to know what the heck y'all are vaping that you're setting off alarms.
Sometimes I do when I use the oven (notice I didn't say, "when I cook") but NEVER via vape.
Tootle puffin' for the win?
Sometimes I do when I use the oven (notice I didn't say, "when I cook") but NEVER via vape.
Tootle puffin' for the win?
I believe I have told this story before. The FHA loan people made the sellers put in like 20 alarms, and when the husband set the house on fire the ONLY one that went off was the original, single alarm.
However, I set off, with a single tiny tootle puff, one of the DUD alarms as I was investigating the thermostat. So who KNOWS with alarms.
I don't think it's really fair to disable an alarm due to vaping if you live with a bunch of others.
If your own your home and want to die (either by fire, or by dealing with the insurance company afterward) it is YOUR funeral etc. It's unpleasant, let me just say.
I guess my question would be why waste a perfectly good piece of PPE (a glove) on a fire alarm, honestly? It makes little sense when a shower cap might work perfectly as well.
Also, if you signed a lease stating no vaping inside and disabling, you need to vape outside. Period. I kind of hope you get caught if that's the case because well, really, you are RENTING someone's thing. If they have rules for that rent, you should abide by them or face the consequences, which are usually fines and eviction.
Anna
However, I set off, with a single tiny tootle puff, one of the DUD alarms as I was investigating the thermostat. So who KNOWS with alarms.
I don't think it's really fair to disable an alarm due to vaping if you live with a bunch of others.
If your own your home and want to die (either by fire, or by dealing with the insurance company afterward) it is YOUR funeral etc. It's unpleasant, let me just say.
I guess my question would be why waste a perfectly good piece of PPE (a glove) on a fire alarm, honestly? It makes little sense when a shower cap might work perfectly as well.
Also, if you signed a lease stating no vaping inside and disabling, you need to vape outside. Period. I kind of hope you get caught if that's the case because well, really, you are RENTING someone's thing. If they have rules for that rent, you should abide by them or face the consequences, which are usually fines and eviction.
Anna
I want to know what the heck y'all are vaping that you're setting off alarms.
Sometimes I do when I use the oven (notice I didn't say, "when I cook") but NEVER via vape.
Tootle puffin' for the win?
People don't believe me when I say it, but I got kicked out of the Goofy resort building because I set off the fire alarm in our room after a day at Epcot. I even had the watts turned down to 60.. I did learn a lesson though, the sensor in the bathrooms are different.
I've never set off the alarms at home though.
For a moment I thought you were just being descriptive about the resort building, and it would have been totally appropriate, but now I get it.
THE Goofy Resort Building...
For a moment I thought you were just being descriptive about the resort building, and it would have been totally appropriate, but now I get it.
THE Goofy Resort Building...
OMG! That's the same dude they have painted on the side.
You guys do realize that the OP lives with his Mom & Dad. He's trying to figure out how not to set off the smoke detector that his Dad installed, so he doesn't have to go outside.
How can I vape without the alarms going off all the time?
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How can I vape without the alarms going off all the time?
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If I had to get kicked out of any resort, I would definitely pick Disney. I would also pack my bags and go home, and attempt to find whatever terrorist transported me there with my vapes while I was unconscious.
If it's THAT GUIY OMG ALREADY GET A JOB AND GET YOUR OWN PLACE.
LOL now more than ever. I dare you to find work. In my state, road construction is continuing. That's a great job especially in summer time.
Anna
If it's THAT GUIY OMG ALREADY GET A JOB AND GET YOUR OWN PLACE.
LOL now more than ever. I dare you to find work. In my state, road construction is continuing. That's a great job especially in summer time.
Anna
Any time I go to Epcot I am amazed at the amount of alcohol I can consume. My wife had to drive us back from Orlando to Clearwater that night after being evicted from the resort. Man was she ........... I couldn't even listen to my reggae to quell the walking hangover I was already having.
Fun times, we laugh about it now.
Yeah I don't drink but a visit to the land of Disney might do it. Maybe it's time to unfreeze... that guy.
He might have celestial answers for us, if not we could all admire his perfectly preserved corpse.
I kind of hope he's in deep freeze in purgatory and if he ever comes back he says, "Nothing happened and I could feel every single second."
Disney is just wrong. Keep in mind I did not grow up here. I visited. My favorite was the haunted house thing and like "It's a Small World" was just CREEPY. If I recall correctly we got stuck for a long enough period to cause us unease like "Are we here forever with the hateful tiny people?"
Keep in mind we went to Florida. I also lost my object of eternal comfort, my blankie. I handled it stoically after my mom promised me anything I wanted if I stopped crying. I so missed out I could have asked for my own house! A pony! A unicorn! Nope, I selected a lite brite. Not gonna lie, I still miss my blankie a little bit, but the lite bright was pretty cool.
Mosquitos almost killed me, we spent time in the everglades for some reason. Also, I remember long roads with endless orange trees.
So yeah basically it sucked. I'm assuming they are shut but who knows?
Also I have completely LOST (I mean like probably forever) 2 really great vape setups. I keep hoping they will turn up. One I lost while dying my hair it MUST be around someplace. Guh.
Anna
Loses things occasionally including her mind.
He might have celestial answers for us, if not we could all admire his perfectly preserved corpse.
I kind of hope he's in deep freeze in purgatory and if he ever comes back he says, "Nothing happened and I could feel every single second."
Disney is just wrong. Keep in mind I did not grow up here. I visited. My favorite was the haunted house thing and like "It's a Small World" was just CREEPY. If I recall correctly we got stuck for a long enough period to cause us unease like "Are we here forever with the hateful tiny people?"
Keep in mind we went to Florida. I also lost my object of eternal comfort, my blankie. I handled it stoically after my mom promised me anything I wanted if I stopped crying. I so missed out I could have asked for my own house! A pony! A unicorn! Nope, I selected a lite brite. Not gonna lie, I still miss my blankie a little bit, but the lite bright was pretty cool.
Mosquitos almost killed me, we spent time in the everglades for some reason. Also, I remember long roads with endless orange trees.
So yeah basically it sucked. I'm assuming they are shut but who knows?
Also I have completely LOST (I mean like probably forever) 2 really great vape setups. I keep hoping they will turn up. One I lost while dying my hair it MUST be around someplace. Guh.
Anna
Loses things occasionally including her mind.
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