Reply to: Smoke Alarm

[Ignis Fatuus]

How quickly will i able able to cut through 3-4 bars with that?

Is that with or without a fire at your back?

[Robinho]

Light blue touch paper & retire to a safe distance.

I'll just hide under my quilt.

[Robinho]

I edited my post - Primercord is the answer, now what was the question again?

(although actually, a pipe cutter sounds like a practical alternative)

Boomed

[OwlHoot]

How quickly will i able able to cut through 3-4 bars with that?

I edited my post - Primercord is the answer, now what was the question again?

(although actually, a pipe cutter sounds like a practical alternative)

[Robinho]

Sounds like a large emergency angle grinder would be as useful for you as a fire extinguisher, assuming you could rely on the mains still being connected in the event of a fire

How quickly will i able able to cut through 3-4 bars with that?

[BrilloPad]

Sounds like a large emergency angle grinder would be as useful for you as a fire extinguisher, assuming you could rely on the mains still being connected in the event of a fire

Get a petrol one. A friend has one. For some reason he wants to go round cutting down speed cameras.

[OwlHoot]

Good to know.

I live in a ground floor flat in the back streets of Farringdon and thus my bedroom window has metal bars across it on the outside.

So if there's ever a fire in the hallway of my flat i will be cooked alive.

Sounds like a large emergency angle grinder would be as useful for you as a fire extinguisher, assuming you could rely on the mains still being connected in the event of a fire

or better still some Primercord

A rope-like plastic explosive used in various demolition jobs. Primercord can be wrapped around conduits or small girders to sever them or taped to a wall (In a circle) to blow an entry hole. It can also be used to link other explosive charges together for almost instantaneous detonation (it will detonate other explosives by itself, without the need for a blasting cap). Primercord itself requires a blasting cap for detonation, though it will burn in a non-explosive manner with conventional lighting.

Type Primercord, 1 meter

Weight 0.5 kg

Price $15

:::

[Robinho]

Jeez, love you too!!

Actually, the other two detectors at the bottom of the stairs and kitchen (all open plan) would have done the job as i tested them following this one being ripped off the wall.

Good to know.

I live in a ground floor flat in the back streets of Farringdon and thus my bedroom window has metal bars across it on the outside.

So if there's ever a fire in the hallway of my flat i will be cooked alive.

[scooby]

His face would have certainly been red.

I'd be feeling the heat, thats for sure!

[VectraMan]

Would have been funny if an actual fire had occurred that night and you were all burned to death because the alarm was immobilised.

His face would have certainly been red.

[scooby]

Would have been funny if an actual fire had occurred that night and you were all burned to death because the alarm was immobilised.

Jeez, love you too!!

Actually, the other two detectors at the bottom of the stairs and kitchen (all open plan) would have done the job as i tested them following this one being ripped off the wall.

[Robinho]

Would have been funny if an actual fire had occurred that night and you were all burned to death because the alarm was immobilised.

[VectraMan]

Apparently the sensors can be triggered by dust in the unit, so you have to attack them with a vacuum cleaner from time to time.

One of mine went off for about 2 seconds in the middle of the night recently. It had the desired effect: woke me up instantly and scared the bejesus out of me. Mostly they seem to only exist to tell me when I'm using the grill, which is odd as I know that I'm using the grill. Often I hear my neighbours' smoke alarms telling me that they're using their grill.

Mine are connected to the mains, which means if there's a power cut in the middle of the night, they start chirping every 2 minutes.

[Sysman]

I would like to know why batteries in smoke alarms only ever reach a low level during the wee hours of the morning, leading to intermittent beeps every minute or so which becomes impossible to sleep through once you tune into the noise...

I know the answer to that one.

It's when the temperature drops.

It happened to me at 3 am and continued until after the heating kicked in and took the edge off the cold.

Tip of the day. If you have a smoke detector positioned high on the wall above the stairs, get a blurry long ladder.

If you have room for it indoors, keep it indoors.

You won't regret the purchase or stashing it indoors when the battery runs low.

[captainham]

I would like to know why batteries in smoke alarms only ever reach a low level during the wee hours of the morning, leading to intermittent beeps every minute or so which becomes impossible to sleep through once you tune into the noise...