Re: Attic Smoke Detectors Question

["Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx>]

200 degree fixed temp button heat sensors. Your attic won't get that hot,
lest it burst into flames. ;)




"Robert11" <rgsrose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello:
>
> Am wondering about putting some kind of detector in the Attic.
>
> I read that smokes are the recommended type, and certainly not Heat types
> due to the
> attic getting quite hot in the summer, of course,
>
> So, may I please ask:
>
> a.  Attic's are by nature a bit dusty.
>
>     How "likely" is it for them to trigger on the dust, and give a false
> alarm ?
>
> b.   Relative to item (a) above, what would be best for the attic:
> photoelectric or ionization ?
>
>     Or, just go with the dual type I am now using throughout the house,
> the Kidde PI 2000 ?
>
> Thanks again to all for all the great help.
> Sure do appreciate it.
>
> Bob
>