Don’t Let the Smoke Out…

Michael, good post, now that summer is winding down, it is a good time to make sure that the smoke detectors are in good working order, before the winter heating season arrives!

So THAT'S why I am hearing that chirping sound!!  My place is so small that the smoke detector goes off every time I bake something... or have company.

I did not know about this "smoke " thing.  Really????  As for tripping them my grandmother always tripped hers when cooking.  She had a towel handy to fan it afterward.  It was pretty funny to watch that little woman say "oh for G*** sakes" and swat that towel around the hallway.  Maybe she should have had it moved? Thanks for the informative blog. 

I set mine off cooking many times.  No guts, no glory!  Thanks for reminding me.  I am going to replace mine.

Oh my word, I've set mine off a time or two from cooking as well! Great post, Michael and a very cool reminder I need to change the batteries every six months. It's that time again. :-)

Morning Michael,

Sometimes I think you are the fly on the wall here. When my son was here Sunday, we changed the battery in the detector. It continued to chirp, however. So, either it is in need of replacement, which I will do today, or the new battery was defunct.

I know it was a joke Michael Anyway I sent you (or Bubba) a present of a Meme this morning read my blog and enjoy 

Having built a ton of computers from parts that were not always designed to work together, I know the smoke thing.  We had to put a sign in our assembly room "No Smoking".

Michael, good job----we will no longer talk about electrical "theory"----you have finally put that to rest with electrical "fact."  Now the only question is----what are you smokin?:)

I knew in the hallway, but didn't think to put it in the bedrooms...but that smoke detector would wake the dead. going to buy one for the other side of the house though...thanks for the reminder.

I think that soke detectors are overrated. We didn't have them 50 years ago, and people didn't seem to care. Why do we need technology to tell us that our house is on fire

Because we can, and people that don't take advantage of technology to save lives are irresponsible. Ok I feel better now.

When I had my apartments, many of the tenants would cover their smoke alarm with aluminum foil to keep them from going off while cooking.

Sean Allen

Michael, one of the frustrating things as a landlord is checking a property to find the tenant has removed the chirping smoke detector- too lazy to change the battery.

Good advice that can't be mentioned enough as we all have these devices and after time begin to ignore them, except the chirping.

Thanks for the reminder, I'm so goodI can even ignore the chirping.  lol  By the way that's the way we know dinner is done around here, because if I sit down to check out Activerain, I'm going to burn stuff.  We have lots of sandwiches. lol

Bonnie

TheHomeInspectorsWife

You certainly are witty!  And I agree, as a guy who has let the smoke out of a LOT of electronics in my life, manufacturers use only the stinkiest smoke available...

Thanks fr the tips on smoke detectors - I check mine every day...around suppertime.

I enjoy new houses, new smoke detectors....house ready to move in .....detectors are 20' up on a vaulted ceiling with little plastic bags around them. Hard for them to smoke in that scenario. Buyer likely to break neck getting at them.

Great reminder. My kids are still in grade school so we still live by the "check the batteries when we change the clocks" rule. I did just show a NEW home - not a smoke detector to be found. It was the son that noticed; none of the adults did!