Fire Alarm Sensitivity
Couple of things on the sensitivity of fire alarms. I know they are made to detect the slightest smoke, even before we see it, but ours often goes off when I make muffins and a slight drip of the batt...
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Murphsmom wrote:My smoke alarm was mounted over the stove as well. Just lighting the stove set it off. I relocated mine as well and filled the holes in the ceiling. They put the surround speaker where you could only open the pantry door half way.
I tried those shower cap looking food covers. They made no difference at all. We pulled the alarm off the ceiling over the stove and set it in the rear of the trailer. Even boiling water for pasta set it off....no smoke at all.
The first smoke alarm we had (the one that came with the trailer) jiggled off of its mounting while we were on the road. When we opened the slide, it got crushed. Installing the alarm where it can't be seen when the slide was in was NOT a good idea on the part of the manufacturer.
I threw away the cheap detector that came with the trailer and bought a smoke and carbon monoxide detector that talks.
