Re: House fire blamed on smoke detector

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could be they were 20 years old and never cleaned either.



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"Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
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>> Let's get it right here...the fault probably lies on UL Labs shoulders,
>> for probably quickly approving the smoke detector for roach motel builder
>> lick it and stick it applictions.
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>> AC powered smoke detectors have always been a bad idea IMHO. Low current
>> smokes like the alarm industry uses, would reduce, or even eliminate that
>> issue.
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>> Maybe it was the AHJ, or Fire Marshal who looked at the pretty smokes
>> mounted 8 to 12 feet up, and saw a nice blinking light, and was happy
>> with that as an inspection. Then, you never hear from these bozos ever
>> again. If there is no financial gain, they could really care less. Let's
>> be honest about it.
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>> Jim Rojas
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> There is one thing that we dont know...
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> is it the 110 volt wiring that created the fire of the detector itself..
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> We have to remember that poeple do remove there 110 olt detector from time
> to time and reconnect them after the steaks are done..
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> One posibility is that the 110 volt alive wire could have been stuck
> between the electrical box and the smoke detector, and after some time ,
> it shorted just enough to creat heat but not enough to trig the breaker..
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> But I do agree with you, our low voltage detector would never cause a
> fire..
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