Kitchen Smoke Detectors
Well just recently installed a new “Kitchen Rated” smoke detector (about 2 months ago), it is working as claimed. It is designed to have fewer false alarms, and is doing exactly that. About the only ...
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rhagfo wrote:
Well just recently installed a new “Kitchen Rated” smoke detector (about 2 months ago), it is working as claimed. It is designed to have fewer false alarms, and is doing exactly that.
About the only thing that will set it off is cooking bacon real crisp without the range hood fan on.
If you have lots of false alarms you might think about one.
I bought this one earlier this year. First one was bad out of the box, the replacement seems fine. It is recommended for kitchens.
From the First Alert description:
"The photoelectric sensor detects smoke produced by smoldering fires and minimizes false alarms from cooking smoke or shower steam."
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MXJ498/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I also changed the location about six feet further from the stove.
