Re: smoke detector recommendation

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I seriously doubt you'd get a fire marshal to sign off on that.



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**Crash Gordon**







<carlbernardi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| In regard to the 'delay' I was thinking along the lines of an
| apartment building smoke/fire alarm system where if there is smoke in
| one apartment the other alarms are on a delay so that every time the
| an alarm goes off from making toast or food burning you have some time
| to clear the air or reset it.
|
| On Apr 7, 7:55 pm, "Crash Gordon" <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| wrote:
| > a delayed fire zone...hmmm that don't sound good...personally I don't
even
| > like the "fire verify" type fire zone
| >
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| > **Crash Gordon**
| >
| > "JoeRaisin" <joerai...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| >
| > news:cqxKj.359$eC1.77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx| carlberna...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
| >
| > | > Hi,
| > | >
| > | > I was wondering if some one could recommend a few smoke detectors
that
| > | > are interconnected and are not very sensitive to thinks like steam
or
| > | > making toast.  Since I need the detectors to work for two dwellings
I
| > | > was hoping to find ones that work on a delay such as 30 seconds to 1
| > | > minutes before the other detector starts to sound.
| > | >
| > | > Thanks,
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > Carl
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >http://www.gaihosa.com
| > |
| > | As far as I know the smoke detectors for one side of a duplex do not
| > | have to trigger the ones on the other side if the separation between
the
| > | two dwellings is an adequate fire barrier - I live in Michigan, check
| > | your local codes.
| > |
| > | That said, I don't know of any detectors that have such a delay and
| > | wouldn't use them if I did.  In a fire every second counts and you
want
| > | as much noise in the house as soon as possible so that folks have the
| > | best chance to escape.
| > |
| > | As for steam & cooking errors:  Our code calls for smoke detectors to
be
| > | at least three feet away from a bathroom door and twenty feet from a
| > | cooking appliance.  We stretch that out as far as we can whenever
| > | possible.  That said, at twenty feet from the stove we have falsed our
| > | smokes twice in the past six years.
| > |
| > | When trying to reduce false alarms you should consider placement and
| > | living habits along with acceptance that anything can and will likely
| > | happen.
| > |
| > | What I would counsel against is considering equipment that could kill
| > | someone.
|