smoke detectors

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I Got Poor in a Hurry (Or, It Was "National Everything in the House Break Down At Once" Day)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 21 Jun 21

Just like car ownership, if you own a house you own trouble. I just didn't expect everything to decide to gang up on me in one day. Yesterday (Sunday) I heard a smoke alarm chirping. Ah, nearing the end of its life (it's one...

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I Thought Smoke Detectors Were Supposed to Detect Smoke

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 20 Jul 20

We have lived in this house 24 years now. Wow! 24 years this month. A couple of years back our smoke detectors were beeping. I looked at them and there are expiry dates on them. They're only supposed to be good for 10 years, then...

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Three O'Clock Thrill....NOT

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 7 Jul 17

It's almost 4 AM. I'm usually sound asleep at this ridiculous hour of the day. Not this morning, though. About an hour ago I was awakened with one of my smoke detectors chirping. NOT the "get the heck out of the house, it's...

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we call em Smoke Detectors!

ashveen @ashveen (301) • France 25 Jan 09

Is there any factual evidence that smoke detectors have actually substantially saved lives??

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When do you check?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 22 Jul 08

Do you have smoke detectors in your house. If you do, when do you check their battery? Mine in my house are wired in so I didn't think they had a battery. I was wrong..... fortunately I learned this before they were needed! I now...

batteries

check

smoke detectors

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Working fire alarms

bdugas @bdugas (3577) • United States 20 Jul 08

I am here to let everyone know to make sure the batteries in your smoke alarm is working, yesterday we had a situation that could of been a lot worse than what it was, seems hubby went into the bathroom and he took his cigeratte,...

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bathroom floor

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Cooking Smiles

helpful_ideas @helpful_ideas (1620) • United States 30 Apr 07

So, we moved into a townhome with very sensitive smoke detectors, a few months later my husband got a job at a new company. In the past (as any of my ex-roommates can attest) I have not cooked often, but when I did cook, there...

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How many smoke detector's do you have in your home?

bronie123 @bronie123 (4587) • United States 23 Nov 06

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