Qanisqineq
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Tue Nov-09-04 05:59 PM
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The smoke alarms are going off but there is no smoke |
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I am baking french bread and there is no smoke, no fire, and the batteries are brand new in both alarms. Oven is clean. Also, the Carbon monoxide alarm is going off.
Could there be something wrong with the gas oven? If so, why would the smoke alarm be going off?
Oh, and my clothes dryer won't dry.
BTW, I shut off the oven and now my bread is toast, er, ruined. LOL
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Tue Nov-09-04 06:01 PM
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Tue Nov-09-04 06:03 PM
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2. Call your local fire dept and ask them about it.. n/t |
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Tue Nov-09-04 06:04 PM
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That's Democracy burning...
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Tue Nov-09-04 06:05 PM
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crap, do I have to put up with this racket for the next 4 years??
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Tue Nov-09-04 06:06 PM
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5. That happened to me when I lived in IL. |
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I couldn't shut them off. I ended up having to call the fire department. My Carbon monoxide detector wasn't going off though. I wouldn't mess around with that one. If you can't figure out what it is, you should probably call for help, just to be sure.
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Tue Nov-09-04 06:15 PM
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...check your attic or crawl space. If you live on the top floor of an apartment building, there could be a fire in the building attic. If you have upstairs neighbors, there might be a fire or smoke up in their unit.
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Tue Nov-09-04 06:20 PM
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7. no attic that I know of |
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I live in a townhouse in military housing.
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Tue Nov-09-04 06:29 PM
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8. Your Smoke Detector May Be Dirty |
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Sometimes dust gets in the detection chamber, causing false alarms. You can try gently dusting the components or - if you're adventurous - using a vacuum cleaner attachment. If this doesn't work, you may need to replace the unit.
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Tue Nov-09-04 06:48 PM
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9. High humidity may be affecting it |
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Tue Nov-09-04 07:45 PM
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10. Smoke alarms will sense the ion particles produced by |
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Edited on Tue Nov-09-04 07:46 PM by PatsFan2004
overheated food such as drippings on the bottom of the oven. This may not show up as opaque smoke but can be detected by humans as stinging in the eyes.
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Tue Nov-09-04 07:51 PM
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11. Carbon monoxide can cause mental malfunctions. |
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... which might explain the other housekeeping problems, too. :silly: :evilgrin: :dunce:
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Tue Nov-09-04 08:28 PM
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12. my fire alarms have heat-rise sensors, |
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so they alert when the temp. in a room increases drastically, as might happen if the room was on fire. Unfortunately, they also alert from time to time when the furnace kicks in after having been off for awhile, and sometimes for no reason at all, just to keep me on my toes. No idea about the CO detector, though. Is your stuff wired through a central alarm, or are the detectors controlled separately?
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