Re: smoke alarm

Posted by Janicholson on July 21, 2007 at 15:20:27 from (66.173.50.147):

In Reply to: smoke alarm posted by TimWafer on July 21, 2007 at 13:24:22:

Most of them use a tiny bit of radioactive material (americium) to ionize air across a gap (internal to the works of the device. Anything that will block alpha particles (a very weak radioactive decay particle that will not go through a piece of paper) will reduce the flow of electrons across this gap. This includes water vapor (at fog levels) dust, dirt, and paint particles. Smoke particles are very good at this blocking action as well. I would do as you have been, making sure there is no smoldering potential fire of any kind. I would suggest two changes. One is to light a match and blow it out then drift the smoke into the bottom of all the detectors you have to be sure they work on smoke (they will, they are pretty reliable) then I would place the one in your room in a different location (probably over the door to the rest of the house) and see if that madkes a difference. I hope this helps, JimN

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