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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 20:11:58 GMT
Hi can anyone tell me why my smoke alarm keeps going off, nothing's cooking or burning but I am vaping quite heavily. Been on a dripper the last hr and it's gone off twice, but surly vape clouds shouldn't do that ! But that's the only conclusion I've come to. But why ? . This is a genuine post btw , any ideas would be great. I'll also add its not a battery type smoke alarm so not a battery issue
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Post by DiscoDes on May 15, 2015 20:13:42 GMT
Yes, vaping will set off smoke alarms. We set the alarm off at the last Vape meet.
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Post by lairey on May 15, 2015 20:14:04 GMT
There are 2 different types of smoke alarm @tedster... the one's that are set off by an increase in temperature and those that have a beam of light that when broken, go off. Unfortunately, the second type will go off with enough vapour. I set our one off last week for the first time! lol
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 20:15:10 GMT
Yes, vaping will set off smoke alarms. We set the alarm off at the last Vape meet. Thank you . I just can't understand why it's doing it with a cloud. Oh well mystery solved, thanks again mate
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 20:16:53 GMT
There are 2 different types of smoke alarm @tedster... the one's that are set off by an increase in temperature and those that have a beam of light that when broken, go off. Unfortunately, the second type will go off with enough vapour. I set our one off last week for the first time! lol Thank you, my kids have been moaning tonight about all the fog that's upstairs, little buggers had a point lol. Well it's back to the protank for a while ... Booooo
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Post by igual on May 15, 2015 20:17:59 GMT
Yep set mine of a couple of times lol once at 2am ( I was in the doghouse for a few days after )
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 20:19:54 GMT
Yep set mine of a couple of times lol once at 2am ( I was in the doghouse for a few days after ) Welcome to the pound mate lol
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Post by tim on May 15, 2015 20:29:22 GMT
There are 2 different types of smoke alarm @tedster... the one's that are set off by an increase in temperature and those that have a beam of light that when broken, go off. Unfortunately, the second type will go off with enough vapour. I set our one off last week for the first time! lol This is not quite correct. There is only one type of smoke detector. The other type (heat detector) is for kitchens and is a heat sensing detector, as kitchen heat and steam would set off a smoke detector. Sorry for being pedantic Tease-smiley
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Post by lairey on May 15, 2015 20:36:42 GMT
There are 2 different types of smoke alarm @tedster... the one's that are set off by an increase in temperature and those that have a beam of light that when broken, go off. Unfortunately, the second type will go off with enough vapour. I set our one off last week for the first time! lol This is not quite correct. There is only one type of smoke detector. The other type (heat detector) is for kitchens and is a heat sensing detector, as kitchen heat and steam would set off a smoke detector. Sorry for being pedantic Tease-smiley That's ok tim, pedantic is good
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Post by Postmodern Smoking on May 15, 2015 20:38:31 GMT
There are 2 different types of smoke alarm @tedster... the one's that are set off by an increase in temperature and those that have a beam of light that when broken, go off. Unfortunately, the second type will go off with enough vapour. I set our one off last week for the first time! lol This is not quite correct. There is only one type of smoke detector. The other type (heat detector) is for kitchens and is a heat sensing detector, as kitchen heat and steam would set off a smoke detector. Sorry for being pedantic Tease-smiley If it's being pedantic that you want ... asides from heat detectors there are two types of common smoke detector... namely ionization and also photoelectic. www.nfpa.org/safety-information/for-consumers/fire-and-safety-equipment/smoke-alarms/ionization-vs-photoelectric Tease-smiley Tease-smiley
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Post by tim on May 15, 2015 20:45:59 GMT
Yes, but....TMI.......... COME ON GIMME A BREAK!
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Post by Ripshod on May 15, 2015 20:56:00 GMT
What Postmodern Smoking said. Replace any affected detectors with the ionisation type - they only detect the hot ionised gases produced by combustion and will not be triggered by vapour. I had a photoelectric above just outside the bathroom. When I had a shower it would be triggered by the steam when I opened the door, so I changed it - no probs since.
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Post by gill2009 on May 15, 2015 20:57:53 GMT
What Postmodern Smoking said. Replace any affected detectors with the ionisation type - they only detect the hot ionised gases produced by combustion and will not be triggered by vapour. Has anyone ever told you that you really are a clever, brainy chap?.....just saying
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Post by Ripshod on May 15, 2015 21:00:10 GMT
What Postmodern Smoking said. Replace any affected detectors with the ionisation type - they only detect the hot ionised gases produced by combustion and will not be triggered by vapour. Has anyone ever told you that you really are a clever, brainy chap?.....just saying
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Post by tim on May 15, 2015 21:25:21 GMT
Out of interest, aren't all hard wired smoke detectors ionization type Postmodern Smoking? I thought the photoelectic ones were the battery powered ones. The job I'm doing atm, I have to replace both the detectors (upstairs and downstairs), and the kitchen one. But they are hard wired. I have never used battery ones.
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