There are two types of smoke alarm. One of 'em ain't so good.

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• TE

  @TechnologyConnections · 4 years ago · pinned

  I feel like this should go without saying, but, uh, don&apos;t go playing with that americium.<br>Especially don&apos;t eat it. That&apos;s bad.

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  @macklyn · 4 years ago

  Not only have you radically improved my dishwasher&apos;s performance; you have also upgraded my home&apos;s fire safety. &nbsp;I very much look forward to the next assistance I didn&apos;t know I needed. &nbsp;Thank you most sincerely!

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• FR

  @fredtaylor9792 · 4 years ago

  Those &quot;nuisance&quot; alarms almost killed us. I kept taking them down when we cooked. &nbsp;A nightmare I had about a fire caused me to buy one, &nbsp;single photoelectric alarm for the baby&apos;s room. Less than a week later, &nbsp;that was the ONLY fire alarm installed when we had an electrical fire at 4 a.m. we lost almost everything we owned but we lived and that&apos;s all that matters. &nbsp;I keep that melted smoke detector hung up in my garage. &nbsp;We owe our lives to that one smoke detector.... and that nightmare I had.

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• NY

  @nydcat · 1 year ago

  My fire alarms double as an incompetent cook detector

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• PL

  @playedtoomuch5259 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuAeaIcAXtg&amp;t=130">2:10</a> big message to the kinda people who hear the smoke alarm beep and just think &quot;oh the hallway just does that whatever&quot; its more common than you would think

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• TH

  @TheWitchesList · 3 years ago

  The clear &apos;No alarms go off&apos; at the beginning was very very appreciated. Wish all professional folks could set expectations that way

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• MR

  @mrtboy · 4 years ago

  Funny story, I replaced all my ionization alarms with newer photoelectric ones, within a week I had one that went off on a regular basis, I took it down and opened it up to see what the issue was. Turns out that a small spider had taken up residence in the light chamber. My best guess is that he would pass through the beam occasionally creating a false positive. The other photoelectric ones have never had any such issues

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• KA

  @kadachiman7234 · 3 years ago (edited)

  As a Fire Electrical technician I often watch these types of videos to see if the presenter is actually giving out correct information, and also a person has to be open to maybe learning something new regardless of their background.<br>I would therefore like to commend you on a very accurate, informative and knowledgeable video, and would recommend anyone who is interested in Fire Safety in their house (which should be everyone) to spend 25 minutes to watch this video as it will be time very well invested.

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• TH

  @TheFiteShow · 11 months ago

  our smoke detector has sat completely unphased while the apartment is completely filled with smoke from cooking, literally us coughing and tearing up, having to open all the windows. but it went off instantly when i opened my broiler for one second to get some fish. if a real fire starts we will probably die

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• IL

  @illusion-xiii · 4 years ago

  &quot;The half life of americium-241 is over 400 years, so the sensor could easily outlive you.&quot;<br><br>I like that you said &apos;could easily&apos; instead of &apos;will definitely.&apos; &nbsp;I admire your optimism.

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• BV

  @bv226 · 4 years ago

  As a 35 year veteran firefighter I want to thank you. And congratulate you on a very well presented report. As you stated, having alarms, maintaining alarms and heeding alarms is vital.

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• ZU

  @zuphix1802 · 8 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuAeaIcAXtg&amp;t=140">2:20</a> It&apos;s 2am, I think my neighbours will thank me for testing them later!

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