Fire and Smoke Alarms

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The first battery-operated home smoke detector was patented in 1969 by Randolph Smith and Kenneth House, but the first automatic sprinkler system was patented by Philip W. Pratt of Abington, Massachusetts, in 1872.

Okay, i just got busted for this at my school so i have the first hand knowledge. Each activation costs about 600 dollars and is your highest possible fine. I'm only sixteen and my final sentence was 20 hours community service, supposed to be 6 months random drug testing but my lawyer had that switched to a mental health evaluation which my insurance will cover. and a three page paper written on the dangers of pulling a false fire alarm which im in the middle of working on... that's how i found your question

It is warning you that the battery needs changing as soon as possible

To check and make sure your smoke detector is working you can test them or check and see if there a green light meaning they are working. Its better to test them. If you have had a power outage recently they could be dying.

Driveway alarms are for people or businesses with long driveways or driveways that can't be seen from the house so that they know when company / customers arrive. They are also useful for swimming pools and ponds as a safety device.

A fire alarm system will indicate a FIRE EMERGENCY requiring immediate action. The system shall alert all occupants of a building where it is installed when a fire emergency is present.

To answer your question, no. Gasoline vapors (from automotive gasoline), propane gas, or natural gas will not set off smoke detectors. There are special detection devices available to detect the above mentioned. The most common detectors found in homes are smoke and CO(carbon monoxide). All homes; that use propane, natural gas, wood, coal, or have an attached garage should have both of these detectors. One does not take the lace of the other one. Being in the Fire Service over 30 years, the simple battery operated ones seem to work as well as any. To answer your question, no. Gasoline vapors (from automotive gasoline), propane gas, or natural gas will not set off smoke detectors. There are special detection devices available to detect the above mentioned. The most common detectors found in homes are smoke and CO(carbon monoxide). All homes; that use propane, natural gas, wood, coal, or have an attached garage should have both of these detectors. One does not take the lace of the other one. Being in the Fire Service over 30 years, the simple battery operated ones seem to work as well as any.

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We're assuming you set the alarm, and then it goes off for no reason. If your system uses magnetic switches on windows and doors, you may want to check the magnetic switches to make sure they are both properly closed, and functioning properly. As windows age, they may not close fully, and thus not always bring the two parts of the switch close enough together to register that the window (or door) is closed. You may also want to check that nothing is accidentally setting off any motion detectors you have. An overhead fan may cause a plant to move, or a cat may wander through -- any number of things can set off motion detectors.

Alpha particles from americium ionized the air. An air with smoke has a different ionization, ionization currents which are also different are measured, compared and the detector (which is before calibrated) is ready !

Fire doors may serve more than one purpose.

Many fire doors are part of a fire escape route, arranged so that in the event of a fire you can get out. Such exit fire doors may be a special kind of door that automatically unlocks when there is a fire.

As a general rule, however, fire doors are designed to prevent or slow the spread of fire so that people can escape from a burning structure.

For example, in a multi-story building it would not be safe to have open stairwells through which fire can easily spread from lower levels to higher levels, so engineers and architects specify self-closing fire doors for protection of stairwell access. The doors may be used for ordinary daily access to the stairs, or for access during an emergency evacuation, or both.

Industrial fire doors, on the other hand, may be designed to slam shut during a fire and cannot be marked as a fire exit or used as a fire exit. Other fire doors serving as exits would also be provided.

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Only if you eat it. The substance is americium-241, and it's so small that whatever radioactivity it produces is harmless.

More than likely the cool temperature is causing a marginally good battery to fail the automated battery test. This test applies a brief resistive load to the battery that simulates the power required to sound an alarm. If the voltage falls below a predetermined level, an audible chirp is generated to indicate battery replacement is needed. Cool temperatures affect the battery chemistry in such a way that the voltage will be lower during this test. As a side note, use of lithium batteries in a unit designed for alkaline batteries will exacerbate this problem.

Fusible links of metal, chemicals in glass ampules, bi-metallic arc, electronic resistance sensors (heated metal resistance increases), among others.

Consider also pneumatic sensors and rate-of-rise sensors.

If your talking about turning the alarm off while it's beeping and churping,, try putting the key in the driver side door lock and turn..... it happened to me and I didn't realize it was my car's alarm going off till i opened the door..... the car is still new to me, just bought it a few months ago. 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GS

"There are many good gas detectors. The best brand can depend on the amount you want to spend. The units vary in price, features, and how they are installed. Sometimes they need to be professionally installed. Some can be connected to your home security system. Some look like smoke detectors and are easy to install."

First on the door handle (carefully). Then on any thinner panel.

No, but the majority look pretty similar.