Talk:Smoke Detectors

False alarm or nuisance trip

It is not really a false alarm if some one burns the toast, the alarm is doing exactly what it should. Would nuisance trip be a better term?

But singed toast isnt a fire, nor is smoking. They also go off when frying, when there's no fire. But soon will be if you dont turn the heat down.

I suppose the question then is what is the purpose of the detectors. I think its fire protection rather than toast brownness detection. NT 14:36, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Kitchens

The suggestion of a smoke alarm in a kitchen is against the advice of all the manufacturers. Even worse is the suggestion of an ionisation detector that will trip more often than an optical one.

There is no technical reason to avoid a fixed temperature detector in a kitchen, and a very good reason to use one, as kitchens are a fire risk hotspots.

The use of ionisation alarms in kitchens: these are the worst type for a kitchen, but a very large safety improvement on no detector. They're also extremely cheap and effortless to fit. Clearly using one is a sizeable safety improvement than having none. They are completely free of false alarms _if_ positioned suitably.

Having said what you did above, I'm curious why you removed info re kitchens, which are the biggest issue to provide fire safety for. NT 04:09, 8 April 2011 (BST)

BS5839-6 2008 and the buildng regs tell you NOT to put a smoke detector in the kitchen--ARWadsworth 16:23, 8 April 2011 (BST)

I guess its time to take this to ukdiy NT 02:26, 9 April 2011 (BST)

No probs with that. I am suggesting that BS5839 and the building regs are used as the basis of the article. Both of which prohibit smoke alarms in a kitchen but recommend the use of heat detectors for additional protection.--ARWadsworth 03:22, 9 April 2011 (BST)