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tehgerbil

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#194994 1-Apr-2016 22:30
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Tonight our ionization smoke alarm went off in my son's room with the humidifier going - it's a standard Vicks humidifier containing menthol fluid. 

 

 

 

Is the smoke alarm malfunctioning, or do we need to look at replacing the Vicks humidifier? 


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  #1524388 2-Apr-2016 01:33
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I would not use an ionization smoke detector anywhere. They can only pick up an open fire (most fires start as a smoldering fire, which the ionization smoke alarm will happily ignore).

 

For your safety choose a photo electric, it will alarm for open fires and smoldering fires, and will give you less false alarms than an ionization smoke alarm.

 

 





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