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.